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Thin (often styled as THIN) is a 2006 cinéma vérité documentary film directed by Lauren Greenfield and distributed by HBO. It was filmed at The Renfrew Center of Florida in Coconut Creek, a 40-bed residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. The center has been described as "one of the nation's best-known inpatient ...
- How Did Pollack “Polly” Ann Williams Die?
- Shelly Guillory Is Now The Director of Nursing at A Recovery Center
- Brittany Robinson Is Focusing on Her Health Now
- Alisa Williams Is Spreading Awareness Today
When she was just 11, Polly’s mother and aunt would offer her $100 if she lost a few pounds. Brought up to have an unhealthy relationship with food, Polly faced a lot of struggles since her pre-teens. With an honors degree in English and a minor in communications from Virginia Tech, her future had been promising. However, in 2004, a major episode l...
At 25, Shelly had a surgically implanted PEG feeding tube in order to facilitate her recovery. While her time on-camera was destabilized due to major mood swings and issues, she has made considerable progress since she walked out of the Florida center. In 2008, upon hearing about the death of her fellow castmate Polly, Shelly took it upon herself t...
The youngest of the group, Brittany, was only 15 when she came to Renfrew to seek treatment for her eating disorder. Over the years, Brittany had come to develop several body image issues due to her mother’s personal struggles as well. She was as little as 12 when she became entrenched in the clutches of the disorder. However, her road to recovery ...
At 30, Alisa was a single mother of two who’d often engage in binging and purging. She had entered the Renfrew center after a major episode of dehydration resulting from the abuse of diuretics, laxatives, enemas, and ipecac. At the time, Alisa had taken a disability leave from her job as a pharmaceutical representative in order to seek treatment. H...
The 2006 cinéma vérité documentary film, THIN, directed by Lauren Greenfield and distributed by HBO, is an exploration of The Renfrew Center in Coconut Creek, Florida; a 40-bed residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. The film mostly revolves around four women with anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia and their ...
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Thin: Directed by Lauren Greenfield. With Shelly Guillory, Brittany Robinson, Alisa Williams, Polly Williams. The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.
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Mar 6, 2010 · THIN. The 2006 cinéma vérité documentary film, THIN, directed by Lauren Greenfield and distributed by HBO, is an exploration of The Renfrew Center in Coconut Creek, Florida; a 40-bed residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. The film mostly revolves around four women with anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia and their ...
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Feb 16, 2008 · Since the film’s release, women with eating disorders from around the world had sought out Williams, and she corresponded with them by e-mail for hours, her sister said “She wanted to be an ...
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However, visiting the Wikipedia page for Thin reveals a far more grim reality post-2006: that while Shelly, Alisa, and Brittany (after struggling with drugs) managed to get some help after the events of the film, Polly ended up possibly committing suicide in 2008; knowing that she dies after the events of the film, where, despite her recalcitrance and rebellious nature, she is infantilized ...
