Black Barbie: A Documentary

Editor

Dir: Lagueria Davis
Prod: Aaliyah Williams
EP: Grace Lay, Sumalee Montano, Camilla Hall, Jyoti Sarda, Milan Chakraborty
LinLay Productions, Just a Rebel Media, Lovely Day Films, & Lady + Bird Films.
Distribution: Netflix and Shondaland

Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Even if they don’t have a story, there’s a story as to why they don’t have a story. In this film, we tell the story behind the first Black Barbie, because yes, she has a story too. It started with the filmmaker’s 83-year old aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell and a seemingly simple question, “Why not make a Barbie that looks like me?”

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Black Barbie: A Documentary premiered at 2023 SXSW and it was acquired by Shondaland and Netflix in October 2023.

Read about the post process at Adobe and Post Magazine.