Calendar

Apr
16
Tue
Virtual Support Group
Apr 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Free virtual support group for people struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image.  Must be 18 or older to participate.

Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 PM MST

Learn more here.

50+ Virtual Support Group
Apr 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Free virtual support group for people struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image.  Must be 50 or older to participate.

Every Tuesday

4:00-5:00 PM MT

Learn more here.

Virtual Support Group
Apr 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
This support group is ideal for individuals at least 18 years old who are struggling or in recovery from an eating disorder, disordered eating, or body image concerns.

This group has been temporarily moved to a virtual format. Learn more

Apr
17
Wed
Virtual Support Group
Apr 17 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Free virtual support group for people struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image.  Must be 18 or older to participate. Every Wednesday. 12:30-1:30 PM MST Learn more here.

Virtual Support Group for Family & Friends
Apr 17 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

This support group is ideal for family members and friends of individuals struggling or in recovery from an eating disorder. Join this group of parents, partners, siblings, and friends, and talk with someone who knows what you’re going through.

This group has been temporarily moved to a virtual format. Learn more

LGBTQ+ Virtual Support Group
Apr 17 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

This support group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and gender non-conforming individuals to discuss struggles with disordered eating, body image, and identity.

This group is virtual. Learn more

Your Fat Friend film screening
Apr 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Your Fat Friend is coming to Denver for one night only! This screening is in collaboration with The Eating Disorder Foundation (EDF) and Denver Fatties. Proceeds from your ticket will go towards supporting our work at EDF.

Doors open 6PM

Brief introduction from EDF and Denver Fatties at 6:20

Film starts 6:30PM

Field of Vision and BFI Doc Society present a Glimmer Films production

Your Fat Friend

A Film by Jeanie Finlay

96 minutes Documentary 2023

Made over 6 years, director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger “Your Fat Friend” to NYTimes best selling author and beloved podcaster.

Her searingly honest writing describes what it’s like to be that fat person on the plane..

… and how the fantasies, peddled by a diet and wellness industry worth $26 billion a year are on a par with the lies that Big Tobacco told the public in the 1950s. (95% of diets fail for lasting weight loss). And how the biggest threat to fat people’s health might just be the bias that some many health care providers hold for fat people.

…and about her own fractured relationship to her body.

She spent a decade campaigning for LGBTQIA rights so she knows that change is possible. Now it’s time to advocate for herself.

This isn’t about “body positivity” co-opted by brands to sell fat-kinis to size 16 women. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way we see fat people and the fat on our own bodies. It has brought her an insatiable worldwide audience and threats to her life.

The most meaningful personal change is when her family start listening to her message.

YOUR FAT FRIEND, a film about fatness, family, the complexities of making change and the deep, messy feelings we hold about our bodies.

Previous Film Festivals

Tribeca – World premiere

Sheffield Doc Fest – audience award winner

DC Dox

Edinburgh International Film Festival

DMZ – Seoul, Korea

TallGrass Film festival – Honourable Mention

St Louis – audience award winner

Leeds International film Festival – Top 3 audience award

Learn more:

Website: http://www.yrfatfriendfilm.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jeaniefinlay

Twitter Profile: @yrfatfriendfilm

Instagram Profile: @yrfatfriendfilm

Rating

15 BBFC – strong language

Running Time

95.55 minutes

Content Warning

Swearing, eating disorders

SEATING INFORMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

Seat backs are 16.5″ wide x 29″ high
Seat bottoms are 17.5″ w x 18.5″ front to back
Armrests raise up and are 3″ wide

Language of Film – English

Closed or open captioning for the film – we will likely include these but will update this page when we are able to confirm.

Each Sie FilmCenter theater is wheelchair accessible and has companion seats.

Wheelchair-accessible parking is available in the Sie FilmCenter parking garage. The parking garage elevator if taken to the lower level opens into the Sie FilmCenter. This elevator is also accessible from the courtyard level.

Enhanced Assistive Listening Devices are available at the Sie FilmCenter through the box office. We recommend reaching out ahead of time.

Call the Sie FilmCenter box office at 720-381-0813 for more information

About the Collaborators

Denver Fatties is a fat positive group for fat people in the Denver area. If you’d like to join, we ask that you identify as fat, believe in the fat acceptance movement and live in the Denver area (within driving distance). We believe in intersectionality and supporting issues that affect fat people, from fatshion to healthcare and beyond. We aim to break down diet culture and remain weight neutral, which means we do not allow talk of weightloss. You can join Denver Fatties on Facebook.

The mission of The Eating Disorder Foundation is to be an effective resource in the prevention and elimination of eating disorders through education, support, and advocacy. Learn more about us at https://www.eatingdisorderfoundation.org/

Apr
18
Thu
30+ Virtual Support Group
Apr 18 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Free virtual support group for people struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image.  Must be 30 or older to participate.

Every Thursday.

12:30-1:30 PM MST

Learn more here.

Virtual Trans+ & Nonbinary Support Group
Apr 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This support group is ideal for individuals at least 18 years of age who identify as trans+, gender nonconforming, intersex, and gender diverse for individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating and body image. 
The Wednesday LGBTQ+ group is for those who identify anywhere within the LGBTQ+ community. The Trans+ & Nonbinary support group is specifically for those who identify as trans+, gender nonconforming, intersex, and gender diverse. Those wanting to join the Trans+ & Nonbinary support group are also welcome to join the Wednesday LGBTQ+ group.

This group is virtual until further notice.  Please register using the form here.

Virtual Art Journaling Group
Apr 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Bring any art supplies and “Create Your Story” through art journaling. It is your art and your time to express yourself through art in any way you choose. Hang out, listen to music, and make art in a relaxed, fun environment with your fellow EDF members. Must be at least 18 years old to attend.

This group takes place virtually. Learn more