In accordance to information collected from a 10-year survey of over 2,300 women from colleges in numerous components of america, African-American women are 50% extra prone to undergo from bulimia than white women. Moreover, women from the bottom revenue stage are 153% extra prone to undergo from bulimia than women from the very best revenue stage.

Cultural requirements, as nicely assumptions and stereotypes deeply have an effect on how younger black women and girls are recognized and handled for disordered consuming.

In a brand new quick movie titled “The B Phrase”, twin sisters, filmmakers and enterprise companions Nakisha Celistan and Nichole Aliece Celistan draw from their very own experiences to depict two younger African-American sisters in turmoil.

“THE B WORD” is a cinematic quick narrative depicting two sisters on conflicting paths; each resulting in a harmful cycle of concern, blame and uncertainty. The story is ready across the illness of “Bulimia Nervosa”, and the way it’s debilitating components can remodel a sisterly bond into considered one of dysfunction; finally turning into unhealthy and poisonous.

The movie lately screened at The San Francisco Black Movie Pageant. Watch a brief trailer under.

The B Phrase Trailer from A Celistan & Co. Movies on Vimeo.

Watch the sisters discuss concerning the movie and their experiences in an interview on the San Francisco Black Movie Pageant.

For extra info observe the Celistan sisters on Fb.