“Black Barbie” will debut on Netflix on Juneteenth

On Wednesday, June 19, 2024, Black Barbie: A Documentary will be out on Netflix. Written and directed by Lagueria Davis and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes.

The film provides first-person looks and insider stories from the perspectives of three Black women who worked at Mattel in 1980. Through their testimonials as well as informative scholars speaking to academic studies on self-image, the documentary examines the importance of representation and how these dolls have become crucial to the construction of identity and imagination.

Read more about the upcoming release at https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/by-shonda/a60654039/first-look-shondalands-black-barbie-documentary/

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