The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders Hosts Free Screening of America the Beautiful 3
September 3, 2014
Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Senate’s End (320 Senate St.) ~
The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders at the Carolina Children’s Home, a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient eating disorder treatment center, will sponsor the South Carolina screening of filmmaker Darryl Roberts’ America the Beautiful 3. This screening, which is free and open to the public, will take place Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Senate’s End (320 Senate St.) in Columbia.
America the Beautiful documented the rise and fall of a 12-year-old professional model in New York and Los Angeles. In his second film, America the Beautiful 2, Roberts explored America’s obsession with beauty and diets. In this third and final installment, Roberts draws back the curtain on the sexualizing of young girls in the media and society.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Timothy Brewerton, the Hearth’s medical director, the filmmaker Darryl Roberts and Amy Gerberry, the clinical director at the Hearth.
“I am pleased that the Hearth Center for Eating Disorders at Carolina Children’s Home will be sponsoring a screening of ATB3,” said Dr. Brewerton. “Many in the eating disorders community have spoken for years about the powerful negative influences that sociocultural factors play in the development of eating disorders, and this film just further underscores how we all need to be advocates against these destructive forces that contribute to the predisposition, precipitation and perpetuation of eating disorders.”
America the Beautiful 3 screening at Senate’s End:
Wednesday, Oct. 1
6:30 – 8 p.m.: America the Beautiful 3 screening
8 – 9 p.m.: Q & A and discussion
“Though The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders has only been open a relatively short time, we’ve already helped many individuals suffering with eating disorders in our state and beyond,” said John Kessler, executive director of The Hearth. “We’re the only comprehensive residential treatment facility in South Carolina, and we’ve estimated that there are over 4,000 individuals with eating disorders. We hope that events like the screening of America the Beautiful 3 will bring awareness to the statewide and national problem of eating disorders.”
For more information on America the Beautiful 3, visit AmericaTheBeautifulDoc.com. This screening and Q & A following the film is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please email [email protected]. The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders will also host a free screening of the film and discussion following the film at the Sottile Theatre in Charleston on Thursday, Oct. 2
For more information on the Hearth Center for Eating Disorders at Carolina Children’s Home, visit www.theheartheals.com or call (803) 787-2306. Follow The Hearth on Facebook: facebook.com/TheHearthSC.
About CAROLINA CHILDREN’S HOME
The Carolina Children’s Home (CCH) is a private, not for profit organization, which was founded in 1909. Its mission is “to meet the underserved mental and physical needs of children, young adults and their families. CCH supports this with a range of prevention and treatment programs that provide tools and support for maximizing individual potential and transitioning to healthy adulthood.” CCH specifically provides outpatient counseling and eating disorders services through The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders, a comprehensive inpatient and outpatient eating disorder service. CCH is accredited by The Joint Commission and the Council on Accreditation and licensed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
