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Blackface and Hollywood

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2019-12-31

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LENGTH

13 min

Description

Since the dawn of cinema and until the mid-20th century, the minstrel show-based practice of donning blackface to portray characters of African descent has been a staple in Hollywood. Our colleagues explain blackface’s harmful history and how its usage has been damaging for Black representation.