Girl Model

Girl Model
Directed byAshley Sabin
David Redmon
Written byAshley Sabin
David Redmon
StarringAshley Arbaugh
Nadya Vall
Madlen Nazarova
Rachel Blais
CinematographyAshley Sabin
David Redmon
Edited byAlan Canant
Darius Marder
Ashley Sabin
David Redmon
Music byMatthew Dougherty
Eric Taxier
Production
companies
Dogwoof
Carnivalesque Films
Release dates
  • September 9, 2011 (2011-09-09) (TIFF)
  • September 5, 2012 (2012-09-05)
Running time
77 minutes
CountriesFrance
Japan
Russia
United States

Girl Model is a 2011 documentary film following Ashley Arbaugh, a conflicted model scout recruiting young Siberian girls to model in Japan, and Nadya, a recruited 13-year-old who gets financially taken advantage of during her modeling work in Japan.[1] It was directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin. The film holds a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2]

While receiving much praise for its subject matter, it left some critics wondering why the filmmakers didn't question the participants more thoroughly. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe writes, "It's a valid approach that doesn't yield as many dividends as the filmmakers hope. You sense there are dots left unconnected, a larger picture we're not seeing. Are the various agency heads exploiting the models on their own, or is there malevolent collusion? Who's making money and how? 'Girl Model' shows but doesn't investigate."[3] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times writes, "filled with blind eyes and unspoken agreements, 'Girl Model' opens a can of worms, then disdains to follow their slimy trails."[4] Matan Uziel of The Glam Monitor writes, "This video gives one a very disturbing insight into how wealthy nations prey upon the poor in other countries. It's just a small slice of the exploitation that goes on. This 'meat' market, a prelude to sex trafficking, is creepy and ugly, and shocking, and we must do our best to stop it from happening." "The fashion industry may look glamorous from the outside, and it's deceiving."[5]

References

  1. ^ "About the Film". Web. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "Girl Model". Rotten Tomatoes.
  3. ^ Burr, Ty (October 11, 2012). "In 'Girl Model,' unseemly side of the modeling industry". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  4. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (September 4, 2012). "'Girl Model,' a Documentary on the Industry". New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ^ Uziel, Matan (July 6, 2014). "The Documentary 'Girl Model' and Scout Ashley Arbaugh". Glammonitor. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

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