Fearne Cotton Looking At Pro Ana:

I watched a documentary called Fearne Cotton Looking At Pro Ana recently.

This is a poetic/observational/Reflexive Documentary which delves into the lives of anorexics struggling with their condition and their dependence on the online support system known as Pro-Ana, which disturbingly blogs rapid weight loss.

Fearne undercovers the life-threats from anorexia and talks to people dealing with the condition, families who have lost people to the disorder, a woman who creates and relies on her pro-ana website and finally trials some of these dangerous tips to see the profound effects they will have on her health.

This documentary is aimed at young adults and teenagers. Documentaries such as these are so crucial as they are warnings to people of the risks one to do to themselves if they are not careful. It is also a useful documentary for parents who may have concerns for the health of their child. I myself had not even heard of these Pro Ana websites before watching the documentary and it just shows how naive people can be to such an issue and how easily accessible it is to strugglers without anyone knowing.

This is a good documentary to look at and analyse as I was thinking of pretending to trial a certain way of living in my documentary to see the profound effects it may have on my living.