makeover movie

A pop culture essay film on the makeover movies we grew up loving—and all the ways they taught us that we needed to fix ourselves. Featuring clips from nearly 100 films, Makeover Movie immerses us in the candy-colored and kinetic world of the makeover montage. Alongside these iconic images, women of color and queer women reflect on the racialized, heteronormative, and contradictory beauty standards at the core of the movie makeover.

DOC NYC 2022 / IDFA 2023, featured in Sight and Sound’s “Best Video Essays of 2023.”