I was about seven years old the first time someone called me "black" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized it was me. That day I understood I was black, and the laughter it caused among the people nearby made me think being a black person wasn't that great - Was this only happening to me? Or did it happen to other black women? "Negra" shows the director in her search of exploring what it means to inhabit Mexico as a black woman. It t... (Full plot summary below)
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I was about seven years old the first time someone called me "black" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized it was me. That day I understood I was black, and the laughter it caused among the people nearby made me think being a black person wasn't that great - Was this only happening to me? Or did it happen to other black women? "Negra" shows the director in her search of exploring what it means to inhabit Mexico as a black woman. It tells the story of five Afro-descendant women from southern Mexico, exposing racism, resistance and processes of self-acceptance, strategies for transcending stereotypes, and the celebration of their identity.
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