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"+++inset-image-left\\n\\n[#image: /photos/57d8c761d3276fe232947bdf]||||||\\n\\n+++\\n\\nOnce again, Dove is making me cry -- but in a totally good way, I mean.\\n\\nIn honor of the tenth anniversary of their Campaign For Real Beauty, the women-loving brand premiered a short documentary called *Selfie* at the uber-trendy Sundance Film Festival. Adorable actress Anna Kendrick -- dressed in head-to-toe black-and-white -- hosted the brunch and Dove documentary viewing, which made us even more excited to see what just exactly what they had up their sleeve. (I mean, who doesn't love *Pitch Perfect*, right?)\\n\\nThe whole documentary (it's only eight minutes!) is based on how a selfie -- yes, the social media kind of #selfie -- can help change your view on beauty. Directed by Academy-Award winning filmmaker Cynthia Wade, *Selfie* follows multiple generations of girls and their mothers from a Western Massachusetts high school and watches them create new type of selfies -- ones that celebrates their unique beauty.\\n\\nThroughout the short, there's an important social media focus (besides the selfie): The challenge of #BeautyIs, which entails the film's participants exploring their own self-images and taking seflies that prominently feature their self-perceived \\\"physical flaws.\\\" But with the help of pro shutterbug Michael Crook, the women build their courage to create art by *embracing* their least desirable feature. I won't spoil the end for you -- it's a real tearjerker, but when the eight minutes are up, the girls recognize that unique is actually totally beautiful. Do you know how many years that takes most women? I mean, where were Dove and Michael Crook when I was in High School?\\n\\nOh and just because you aren't a high school girl in Western Mass doesn't mean you can't get in on the self-love action. Head to [DoveBeautyIs.com](http://www.DoveBeautyIs.com) and upload a photo or 15-second video with #BeautyIs to show how you define beauty. (I also took a look on Insta and there are [tons of great shots](http://statigr.am/viewer.php#/tag/beautyis/) already up.\\n\\nOK -- enough talking about it, take eight minutes and watch *Selfie* below. Oh, and if you can't drop a tear or two at work, I might call this NSFW -- but only because it's so touching.\\n\\n [#video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/BFkm1Hg4dTI](595x335)|||||| \\n \\n    \\n RELATED LINKS:\\n\\n- [Get Post-Workout Pretty In Minutes](/beauty/2013/11/pretty-post-workout-makeup-slideshow#slide=1)\\n- [Your Winter Skin RX](/beauty/2013/12/moisturizing-face-masks-slideshow#slide=1)\\n- [Four Beauty Myths, Busted](/beauty/2013/11/four-beauty-myths-busted)\\n\\nImage Credit: *Getty Images Entertainment*"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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