Researcher, Sophie Bissonnette ; writer, Sophie Bissonnette ; director, Sophie Bissonnette ; camera, Eve Lamont ; editing, Dominique Sicotte ; sound recording, Martyne Morin, Marie-France Delagrave ; archival research, Sandrine Ricci ; sound editing, Daniel Toussaint ; music, Daniel Toussaint ; re-recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; voice recording, Leonardo Lamela ; producer, Patricia Bergeron ; executive producer, Yves Bisaillon.

Participation, Francine Duquet, Lilia Goldfarb, Sharon Lamb, Josée Anctil, Charlotte Bissonnette-Reichhold, Pierre Bellemo, Ghislaine Cloutier, Daniel Coulombe, Martine Dozois, Marlen Laverde, Kelly Martin, Chantal Séguin, Colleen Thorpe, Dominique Toussaint ; English voice, Jennifer Seguin, Susan Glover.

Recorded 2007.

Are children being pushed prematurely into adulthood? Sophie Bissonnette's documentary Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences and bombarding them with sexual and sexist images. These stereotypes treat girls of all ages as sexual objects, and exercise a damaging effect on their identities. Because they see degrading images of sexuality on the Internet, some children confuse sexual relations with pornography. Sexy Inc. suggests various ways of countering hypersexualization and the eroticization of childhood and invites us to rally against this worrying phenomenon. Teacher Guide.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

UNICEF Award, 2008

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).