Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/bell-randy-c769all.aspx Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:10:43 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/modest-scarring-p633.aspx Product633 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:49:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/modest-scarring-p633.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/modest-scarring.jpg" alt="Modest Scarring" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/modest-scarring-p633.aspx">Modest Scarring</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/modest-scarring-p633.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$295.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>An autobiographical documentary in which the filmmaker uses his elaborate decision-making process about whether or not to get a tattoo as a jumping-off point for a larger discussion of youth, rebellion, and regret. As he interviews those who tattoo, who are tattooed, and who are firmly opposed to the tattoo, other issues of social class, art, and self-esteem arise in this humorous exploration of the need to be permanently marked.<div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>"The urge to ornament one's face and everything within reach is the very origin of visual arts. It is the babbling of painting." — Adolf Loos</div></blockquote><br /><div><hr><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div><div style=""><i>Hoopes Prize for Scholarly Work</i>, Harvard University, 2001</div><div style="">Boston University American Studies Film Festival, 2002</div><div style="">Humboldt International Short Film Festival, 2002</div><div style="">First Look Student Film Festival, 2002</div><div style="">Carleton College Film Festival, 2002</div><div style="">Boston Cinema Census, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 2002</div><div style="">Louisville Independent Film Festival, 2002</div><div style="">Chairman's Award, Ivy Film Festival, 2002</div><div style="">Northeastern Anthropological Association Ethnographic Film &amp; Video Festival, Lake Placid, NY, 2005</div><div style="">American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington DC, 2005</div><div style="">broadcast, Denmark National Television, August, 2005</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/bell-randy-c769all.aspx">Bell, Randy</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>