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Black girl in suburbia
Title
Black girl in suburbia / produced/directed by Melissa Lowery.
Distribution
New York, NY : Women Make Movies 2016.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (54 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Documentary.
Title from title frame.
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Wide screen.
"Spoken word poem Brown Knows by La Toya Hampton."
Director of photography, Jason Hooper ; editors, Melissa Lowery, Edward Macomber, Kara Stevens, Jason Hooper ; musical composer, Joaquin Lopez.
In English; closed-captioned.
Summary
"For many Black girls raised in the suburbs, the experiences of going to school, playing on the playground, and living day-to-day life can be uniquely alienating. Black Girl in Suburbia looks at the suburbs of America from the perspective of women of color. Filmmaker Melissa Lowery shares her own childhood memories of navigating racial expectations both subtle and overt - including questions like, "Hey, I just saw a Black guy walking down the street; is that your cousin?" Through conversations with her own daughters, with teachers and scholars who are experts in the personal impacts of growing up a person of color in a predominately white place, this film explores the conflicts that many black girls in homogeneous hometowns have in relating to both white and Black communities" -- Container.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2018
Credits
Director of photography, Jason Hooper ; editors, Melissa Lowery, Edward Macomber, Kara Stevens, Jason Hooper ; musical composer, Joaquin Lopez.
System details note
DVD-R; region 1, NTSC; widescreen; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Autobiographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Women Make Movies (Firm), film distributor.
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