| On Beauty | |
| Director: | Joanna Rudnick |
| Producer: | Joanna Rudnick |
| Studio: | Kartemquin Films |
| Editing: | Liz Kaar |
| Distributor: | Women Make Movies |
| Runtime: | 31 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
On Beauty is a 2014 short documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films. It follows the story of Rick Guidotti, a fashion photographer who in 1998 decided to quit the fashion industry to found a nonprofit based on promoting diversity and acceptance.[1]
On Beauty premiered at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and won awards at a number of film festivals including the Chicago International Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival.[2] It was funded in part by the Sage Foundation and the Illinois Humanities Council.[3]
The film was directed by Joanna Rudnick, the Emmy-nominated director of In the Family.
On Beauty follows the story of Rick Guidotti. Guidotti left a 15-year career in fashion when he became frustrated with restrictive standards of beauty. He formed the non-profit Positive Exposure, which uses photographs and video to change public perceptions of people with genetic, physical, behavioral and intellectual differences.[4] On Beauty follows Rick with two of his subjects: Sarah, who was bullied for her Sturge-Weber birthmark, and Janey, a girl with albinism living in East Africa.[5]