Murphy Cross

Music video by Playa Rae & Trey C performing Numbers. 2011

While researching Los Angeles health clubs for an article, a handsome investigative reporter falls in love with an aerobics instructor with a secret that he wants to reveal. "Perfect" is a word that doesn't apply here!

Perfect: A Conversation with the Venezuelan Middle Class About Female Beauty and Breast Implants -- Venezuela is known throughout the world for its beauty queens. The country s national identity is rooted in its success in international beauty pageants and the physical allure of its women. In order to meet stringent beauty standards, however, women those who can afford it often turn to plastic surgery as a way to enhance not only their appearance but their self-esteem. Alexandra Hidalgo was born and raised in Venezuela, and during her regular visits back home she has grown more and more aware of the increasing use of plastic surgery, especially breast implants. In this, her first documentary, Hidalgo attempts to understand this phenomenon by interviewing 14 middle-class Venezuelan women and men about their views on the subject, allowing Venezuelans themselves to question and explore their perceptions of plastic surgery.

Trailer for Perfect 10. Mara, now hovering between the plus-size and regular-size worlds, leaves her husband at home and drags her equally outcast best friend to their ten-year High School reunion. Mara wants a second chance with her unrequited first love and learns he's come back for her. Perfect 10, a semi-autobiographical tale, is a film about identity, self-respect and the beauty of dysfunctional friendship.