Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue vs Dahomey

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for Dahomey). Dahomey is the shorter watch at 1h 8m compared with 1h 47m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit IssueDahomey
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.6/10
Year20242024
Length1h 47m1h 8m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
DirectorJill CampbellMati Diop
Main castTyra Banks, Elle Macpherson, Paulina Porizkova, Cheryl Tiegs, Christie BrinkleyLucrèce Hougbelo, Parfait Vaiayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassangade, Sabine Badjogoumin, Dowoti Desir

Synopsis

Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue

In the 1960s, Jule Campbell shattered glass ceilings, transforming a struggling sports magazine into a media empire: the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The documentary chronicles Jule's 32-year reign, where she championed intelligence and empowered supermodels like Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, and Elle Macpherson. Weaving together her journey with feminism's evolution, the film explores the changing gaze on beauty, from objectification to…

Dahomey

Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.

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