The newly released documentary takes a deeper look at the story behind the first Black Barbie and its impact on representation in the toy business, and culture more broadly.
In the first few minutes of her new documentary film, the writer and director Lagueria Davis pays a visit to her aunt, Beulah Mitchell. At Mitchell’s house, they look through a room filled with boxes of dolls stacked up to the ceiling.
It’s important to know that Barbie brand could be attached to a non-white doll,” Aaliyah Williams, the documentary’s producer, told CNN. “Having Black Barbie just reinforces the fact that being Black is fly and amazing — and that Black women are gorgeous. Not that having Black dolls growing up was the only reason I felt like that,” she continued, noting that “I always felt like, ‘wow, I am gorgeous. I come from gorgeous people.
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