Pretty Ugly

A film about toxins hiding in our cosmetics

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When Will It Be Done?

September 29, 2021 By Andrea Palombella Leave a Comment

Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Post-Production Update


Happy Fall! 

Here’s a quick update on PRETTY UGLY. We are pleased to share that we’ve completed the majority of film editing and are working diligently to tackle the remaining post-production steps needed to finalize the documentary. 

The biggest lesson in all of this: good things take time, and great things, even longer. The thrilling part is that we are ALMOST done. We can see the finish line from here and are chipping away one shot at a time, one soundbite at a time, to create a story worth watching. 

We stay motivated to complete this documentary, because we know it will inspire systems to change, empower and equip viewers, and mobilize individuals to make positive choices about their health. And healthier, happier people means a better world for all of us. 

We look forward to sharing the release date with you soon, and we thank you for your ongoing support and belief in this production. Until then, stay safe, healthy, and beautiful. 

With gratitude and grit,

Andrea and the PRETTY UGLY team ?

Filed Under: Advocacy and Outreach, Film Topics, Production Updates Tagged With: #Prettyuglythefilm, chemicals, documentary, Health and Beauty, Ingredients, Post-Production, Pretty Ugly, safety, screenings

Major Project Update!

August 20, 2020 By Andrea Palombella Leave a Comment

We’re launching a crowdfunding campaign NEXT WEEK for PRETTY UGLY through the film crowdfunding platform Seed & Spark! We wanted to be sure to give you advanced notice before we go live next week since followers of our blog have been such a champion of the project.

We have an amazing campaign planned starting the very moment we launch on August 24th. We’re hosting a virtual, kick-off cocktail hour, going live on Instagram with cast members, showing behind-the-scenes clips of the film and so much more! 

WHY WE’RE CROWDFUNDING
We’re conducting this campaign to raise our LAST ROUND of support, which will cover expenses to complete and release the film, known as finishing funds. This includes costs to edit the film footage and color correct it, as well as editing and mixing the audio. We’re also running the campaign to expand our audience so that we have a wide network of viewers excited and ready to watch the completed film when we premiere it in early 2021.
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Filed Under: Advocacy and Outreach, Film Topics, Fundraising, Production Updates Tagged With: crowdfunding, documentary, finishing funds, fundraising, Post-Production, production updates, Seed&Spark

We’re Out In the Field and On The Road to Completion!

April 29, 2019 By Andrea Palombella Leave a Comment

Our all-female crew gathers footage of Dr. Patisaul in the lab.
Here’s the Scoop from the Field
We’ve been on the road in Raleigh and San Francisco meeting with incredible experts! We interviewed and spent a day in the lab with Dr. Heather Patisaul at NC State, who specializes in how endocrine disrupting chemicals affect the brain and behavioral. We then scooted over to Durham to interview Dr. Linda Birnbaum, the Director of both the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program at the National Institutes of Health to talk about the toxicity of ingredients like lead and formaldehyde.
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Filed Under: Film Topics, Fundraising, Production Updates Tagged With: clean beauty, documentary, field production, filming, fundraiser, podcast interview, Pretty Ugly, production updates, screening party

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