
Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.... (Full plot summary below)
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Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.
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| Movie MetropolisJames PlathDespite being under-researched, it's still an effective film. Like '42,' this documentary kindles great respect for those who've faced hardships because of the color of their skin color. |
| User ReviewKira BVery good documentary. Shows a little insight in what our society instills in us without even knowing. Which shows how stereotypes start forming. |
| User ReviewMaryna HAmazing. So well done. So inspirational and insightful. |
| User ReviewGideon RFirstly this movie is more powerful, meaningful, and inspiring than "12 Years a Slave." The underlying message is that change doesn't come when people focus on the negativity of the past, be it the slavery of dark skinned people, or the attempt to erradicate people because of their religion, etc. This movie is powerful to me because it touches on a lot of things I have been saying for years now... The message which mostly falls on deaf ears regardless of its truth. A woman is at her most beautiful when she works (meaning values herself enough to look modest and be confident) with what G-d gave her. I am always stunned when a African woman lets her curls grow into an afro like Lauryn Hill, and equally when a white woman doesn't go out of her way to be tanned or perm their hair, and when Spanish women let their wavy hair go without color or straightening... Most of all I love when my Japanese wifes hair is just as when she was born with it... I don't lie to her or to myself when I say that she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen when she takes off the make-up, removes all the artificial contaminants and radiates her G-d given beauty for my eyes early. I prefer when she doesn't wear make up. Yes indoctrination and subordination always makes most people (women in this case) defend their oppressor just as the African American slaves defended slavery before it was abolished and how the Jewish people actually wanted to return to Pharoah and his back-breaking work... I know this perception and perpetual lie won't dissipate over night, but I hope and pray that men and women of every race and ethnicity can appreciate who they are, how they are unique, and how that is truly beautiful. |
| User ReviewJanelle GA wonderful documentary looking at both the external and internal racism directed at dark skinned women both in the US and worldwide. |
| User ReviewFrank OAn important film. Very thought provoking. |
| User ReviewJane AA refreshing account mainly dealing with the experience of "dark" women (mostly "black"), from the voices of these women and some men. I hope a film like this can start a discussion about the world-wide discrimination that darker-skinned people face, and the solutions that lie partly in an examination of our own beliefs and values, and partly in changing the class-driven, socioeconomic structural forces that perpetuate harmful stereotypes. |
| User ReviewFilmGrinder SBecame aware of colorism after watching Spike Lee's SCHOOL DAZE, but never gave it much thought. It's just another effect, the white folks have bestowed into the subconscious of black society. As for the corporations who sell skin bleaching cream, the ceos should be ashamed (but they never will be, so they should just burn in Hell) and the product be removed. P.S. Bill Duke still kicks ass. |
| User ReviewDebra WI have always been interested in racism and the modern history behind it. We all know about the history of slaves, at least I hope we have come that far. I am more interested in the modern day racism in the world. My first film was Crips and Bloods : Made in America. Its more than just about the violence within gangs. Watch it. This film "Dark Girls", is the struggle to overcome racism within their own race. I have always known there was a problem, from living in NYC, an being exposed to a variety of ethnicities. This film explores the racism within their own culture between dark and light skin. The media continues to divide and conquer and we must be aware of what we read, see and repeat to others. Educating yourself through documentaries like this and other forms of education will slow the perpetuation of racism for all cultures. At least, that is MY hope. I want to feel better about me, and how I live my life. I have no time for hatred and negativity. |