“I hate dolls,” writer-director Lagueria Davis says early in her debut documentary, “Black Barbie,” and I agree. There’s something downright creepy about her aunt’s spare bedroom, which is packed with dolls. But what begins as a statement of her true feelings quickly morphs into a celebration of the history of the Black doll Mattel released in 1979—20 years after the first (white) Barbie doll was launched and walked toward becoming the most iconic doll in America. An uncomfortable influence, since it clearly says to the world that “white is right” with no room for Black and Brown.
Davis presents an argument about the road the Barbie had to travel before diversity and inclusion was even a sliver of a possibility. Despite the facts of the matter being laid out, executives’ prejudices and many of the other “isms” threw up roadblocks and detours, leading to many dead ends. Pivot and determination were applied to the sticky situation.
Davis keeps “Black Barbie”…
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