Updated November 13, 2009
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UNCW Film Studies Assistant Professor Shannon Silva's short film, Too Bare or Too Bush, Begins Its Festival Run — 10/16/2009
We are proud to announce that Shannon Silva's short experimental documentary, Too Bare or Too Bush, has been chosen as an official selection of:
*The 22nd Annual Dallas Film and Video Festival
The film will screen Friday, November 6th, 10pm at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas, TX.*The 15th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival
The film will screen Thursday, November 12th, 10:30pm at Jengo's Playhouse Theater in Wilmington, NC.
Too Bare or Too Bush
There was a time when refusing to shave your legs was an act of rebellion, but oh how times have changed. Keep an eye on the latest beauty rag and eventually you’ll be reading that there’s now a big trend for 15-25 year old women to be completely bare “down there.” With great sincerity, many twenty-something women are claiming cleanliness/tidiness and yes, liberation, as their inspiration for shaving or waxing their pubic areas. But is this being bare down there, just another attempt to keep women in a childlike, youthful state? Could it be yet another damaging trend that only encourages more body disorders? Or, on the flip side, is there a line between shaving your legs, getting a bikini wax and just simply going all the way? And who’s got the right to say how far is too far? In this short film, a collage of women’s voices (ages 20-55) express their opinions, concerns, experiences and amusement with the debate of whether or not there’s any harm in baring the bush.
Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Film Studies Department and teaches courses in Experimental and Documentary Production, Editing, and Film Festival Management.
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