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Originally Posted by Honeykiss1974
A Girl Like Me
http://www.uthtv.com/umedia/show/2052/
Kiri Davis, 16, Urban Academy I wanted to make a film that explored the standards of beauty imposed on today's black girls. How do these standards affect her self-esteem or self-image. Through making this film I learned a lot about where some of these standards might stem from.
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This is a great short film (7 minutes) and it's kind of sad that we have made little to no strides in terms of acceptance of who we are as well as those features that make us who we are.
What did you think of this short film? |
I saw this clip at a dinner party last night. It looks to be a very interesting documentary.
As a child, I was raised by my extremely pro-Black father to know that I was beautiful and to know myself and my history. I ONLY had Black dolls, Black books, saw mostly Black films. We had only Black art on the walls. My siblings and I even had to write reports on various Black historical figures before we could go outside and play.
Now that I look back, I know that being raised that way really shaped who I am as a person now. And a lot of the struggles that the young ladies mentioned in the clip, I don't really deal with, because I had such a foundation as a child. Unfortunately, my upbringing is the exception and not the norm in most Black families.