We learnt what Australia really thinks about Obesity last week, when Casey Donovan fronted the anticipated episode on SBS. You may remember the vibrant appearance of body acceptance (and celebration) public figure, April Helene-Horton AKA The Bodzilla.
Since stopping traffic in the stunning swimwear billboard feature earlier this year, this week The Bodzilla features on another body acceptance project, the music video to Colourblind by ARIA-nominated song-writer Justine Eltakchi, also a staple in the Sydney music scene, having performed over 700 live shows in 5 years. Coincidently Justine is also the song-writer of “Proud” by Casey Donovan for Eurovision Australia 2020.
Justine approached The Bodzilla to collaborate when discovering the amazing work she was doing in the body pos space. “I felt inspired to embrace who I was when I discovered the work of April. I realised I had rejected and shamed parts of myself I had deemed as flaws. The truth is we are all different and that is our magic. That’s essentially what Colourblind is about and we wanted to bring together people from all groups in the video” says Justine.
April says, “Justine’s song touched my heart the moment it started to play. I was so excited for us to come up with an idea of how we could share the song and our message with more people. It felt like everything was lining up when I told her I’m married to a filmmaker and I wanted to create a clip for the song!”
