Dark Girls

Dark Girls (2011)

Real Women. Real Stories

Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark-skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.

Date of release
2011-11-17
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Documentary
Director
D. Channsin Berry, Bill Duke
Collection
Dark Girls Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Dark Girls is a 2011 documentary film by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It documents colorism within the African American community, a subject still considered taboo by many black Americans. The film contains interviews of African American women describing the role colorism has played in their lives, with notable African Americans including Viola Davis also detailing her experience. It also reports on a new version of the 1940s black doll experiment by Kenneth and Mamie Clark, which proved that black children had internalized racism by having children select a white or a black doll based on questions asked.

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