Facing the Fat (2009)

Director: Kenny Saylors

Obesity has become one of the most overwhelming diseases in our modern society, even now considered to be of epidemic proportions. This documentary film dives into this sensitive, but socially powerful topic and exposes shocking statistics of the fattening of our culture. Kenny Saylors, overweight himself, faces his own fat in his life as he embarks upon a 55 day, Doctor supervised, water fast to see the effects of this ancient practice on our bodies today and to examine if healing properties truly do exist within our own bodies in this extreme method of food restriction.

Cast

Kenny Saylors

Himself

Sonia Woodfield

Herself

L. Sullivan

Herself

Paul Allan Brunotto

Himself

Ata Servati

Himself

Jeremy Gilbreath

Himself