If you’ve got Barbie on the brain lately, jump into the candy-colored dream car and buckle up: A brand-new Barbie documentary is coming to Netflix from Shondaland, and it tells a story you may not have heard before.
Directed by Lagueria Davis, Black Barbie explores the impact of three Black women at Mattel responsible for the Black Barbie debut in 1980: Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins, and Stacey McBride Irby. Through insider interviews and charismatic retellings of what went down at Mattel in the days leading up to Black Barbie’s debut, the documentary examines the importance of true representation — and how dolls aren’tjust dolls, but childhood symbols that can be crucial to identity formation and imagination.
Black Barbie isexecutive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers for Shondaland, Grace Lay and Sumalee Montano for LinLay Productions, Camilla Hall for Lady & Bird Films, as well as...
Directed by Lagueria Davis, Black Barbie explores the impact of three Black women at Mattel responsible for the Black Barbie debut in 1980: Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins, and Stacey McBride Irby. Through insider interviews and charismatic retellings of what went down at Mattel in the days leading up to Black Barbie’s debut, the documentary examines the importance of true representation — and how dolls aren’tjust dolls, but childhood symbols that can be crucial to identity formation and imagination.
Black Barbie isexecutive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers for Shondaland, Grace Lay and Sumalee Montano for LinLay Productions, Camilla Hall for Lady & Bird Films, as well as...
- 6/4/2024
- by Amanda Richards
- Tudum - Netflix
Margot Robbie’s Barbie made film history last year. But in the Eighties, three Black women revolutionized the doll brand when they helped push for a Black Barbie. On Tuesday, Netflix released the trailer for Black Barbie, a new Shondaland-produced documentary set to explore the impact of Mattel’s first Black Barbie, out June 19.
The film will feature interviews with numerous women, including Shonda Rhimes and the two women who helped design the first Black Barbie doll, Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride Irby. The film will explore the...
The film will feature interviews with numerous women, including Shonda Rhimes and the two women who helped design the first Black Barbie doll, Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride Irby. The film will explore the...
- 6/4/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
The trailer for Shondaland’s Black Barbie details the creation of the influential dolls, featuring interviews with the women who brought them to Mattel and others.
“If you go through life, and you’ve never seen anything made in your own image, there is damage done,” executive producer Shonda Rhimes says as she opens the trailer, later adding, “I thought Black Barbie felt magical.”
According to Netflix, Black Barbie celebrates the Black women at Mattel who had a massive impact on the evolution of the Barbie brand as it is today.
“Through these charismatic insiders’ stories, the documentary tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be in 1980, examining the importance of representation and how dolls can be crucial to the formation of identity and imagination,” the logline reads.
Kitty Black Perkins, the designer of Black Barbie, says in the two-minute look at the upcoming documentary: “I...
“If you go through life, and you’ve never seen anything made in your own image, there is damage done,” executive producer Shonda Rhimes says as she opens the trailer, later adding, “I thought Black Barbie felt magical.”
According to Netflix, Black Barbie celebrates the Black women at Mattel who had a massive impact on the evolution of the Barbie brand as it is today.
“Through these charismatic insiders’ stories, the documentary tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be in 1980, examining the importance of representation and how dolls can be crucial to the formation of identity and imagination,” the logline reads.
Kitty Black Perkins, the designer of Black Barbie, says in the two-minute look at the upcoming documentary: “I...
- 6/4/2024
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gold medal Olympian (1996) Wrestling star Kurt Angle has been arrested. Pittsburgh's NBC affiliate Wpxi first reported that Angle had been arrested. According to the report, Angle's girlfriend Trenesha Biggers, aka Tna's Rhaka Khan, stated that she had filed a protection from abuse order and that he was stalking her. Angle was then charged with "driving while operating privilege is suspended, prohibited acts-possession, harassment and prohibited acts". Human Growth Hormone "Hygetropin" reportedly was found in his car; Angle claims he had a prescription for the substance. According to the Wpxi report, several criminal charges were filed in Pittsburgh today. Angle is currently in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment. Biggers went to police and filed a...
- 8/15/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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