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Watch Trailer For ‘Bare Ambition,’ Doc On Pinup Mannequin Turned Photographer


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EXCLUSIVE: She was referred to as the “prettiest photographer on the earth.”

Music Field Movies has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Bare Ambition, a documentary about Bunny Yeager who went from posing for pinup pictures to photographing them herself, serving to to popularize the bikini and discovering Bettie Web page within the course of. Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch directed the movie, which premiered at DOC NYC and went on to display on the Miami Movie Pageant, Atlanta Movie Pageant and extra.

Music Field plans to open the movie in choose theaters on September 12. We’ve your first have a look at the documentary within the trailer under.

Burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, photographer Bruce Weber, and the late Larry King – in his last display look – are amongst those that take part within the movie. “Bunny was essentially the most well-known feminine photographer in America,” King says within the trailer.

Photographer Bunny Yeager

Photographer Bunny Yeager

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“Bunny Yeager’s affect on the twentieth century grew to unbelievable heights, although few know her title. Her pictures profession started following her work as a pinup mannequin within the Nineteen Fifties, and he or she paved the best way for the feminist motion and sexual revolution by way of her work,” notes a launch, which provides that Yeager “formed the picture of Playboy, and even created the selfie. However because the modifications she helped to create gained pushback from quite a lot of sources, her title would grow to be forgotten…till now.”

Bettie Page photographed by Bunny Yeager

Bettie Web page photographed by Bunny Yeager

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In a press release, Music Field Movies mentioned, “Bare Ambition goes past Bunny’s pictures, it showcases the sheer creative brilliance with which Bunny Yeager was in a position to create plain change. She wasn’t only a mannequin, or only a photographer, she was a lady with unbridled dedication. We’re thrilled to be sharing this documentary not solely together with her diehard followers, however particularly with those that know her work with out realizing her title.”

Tabsch’s credit embrace Mucho Mucho Amor (co-directed with Cristina Costantini) and The Final Resort (co-directed with Dennis Scholl).

'Naked Ambition' poster

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“Bunny Yeager’s images are undeniably dazzling—daring, lovely, and impeccably composed—however beneath the floor lies one thing much more radical,” Tabsch noticed. “Via her lens, Bunny gave ladies the ability to current themselves on their very own phrases. Bare Ambition celebrates not simply her artistry, however how she used magnificence as a device for empowerment and self-determination.”

Scholl is the founding father of Scholl Artistic and director of the aforementioned The Final Resort (with Tabsch); he co-produced and co-wrote the award-winning 2016 documentary Queen of Thursdays.

“My life and artistic journey proceed to be deeply rooted in celebrating artwork and artists,” Scholl commented. “With Bare Ambition, I used to be impressed by Bunny Yeager’s fearless artistry—her capability to reframe how ladies noticed themselves and the way the world noticed them. This movie is a tribute to her imaginative and prescient and the lasting influence of her work.”

Maria Stinger photographed by Bunny Yeager

Maria Stinger photographed by Bunny Yeager

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Bare Ambition is produced and directed by Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch. Dia Kontaxis produced and edited the movie. Alex Fumero serves as government producer. Cinematography is by Ed Talavera. Music Field Movies will collaborate with strategic consulting company Cultural Counsel, partnering on particular theatrical and artist occasions in the course of the movie’s launch.

The sale of Bare Ambition was negotiated by Brian Andreotti of Music Field Movies and director Kareem Tabsch.

Watch the documentary trailer right here: