PLUS!

Synopsis

In the fashion industry, the majority are the minority.  'Plus-size' is virtually invisible in mainstream fashion, despite 65 percent of American women being size 14 or larger.  PLUS! tells the story of five women trying to change that. 

 

Filmmakers

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SANDRA CHUMA

Sandra Chuma is a Zimbabwean-Canadian multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker based in New York.   Sandra is currently the Documentary Fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.  She previously worked as a business consultant providing guidance on business strategy and technology to organizations in North America, Europe and Africa.  

kalisha Whitman

Kalisha Whitman is an award-winning journalist who has covered wide range of stories including presidential election debates, natural disasters and the Civil Rights movement. Kalisha also produced a documentary profiling a woman who contracted the HIV virus from her husband, who had kept his infection a secret from her.  Kalisha is a graduate of Florida A&M University and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.