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Black girl in suburbia / produced/directed by Melissa Lowery.
Title:
Black girl in suburbia / produced/directed by Melissa Lowery.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Women Make Movies, 2016.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Documentary.

"Spoken word poem Brown Knows by La Toya Hampton."

This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2016.

Wide screen.

DVD-R; NTSC; widescreen; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
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.
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Language Note:
In English; closed-captioned in English.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Jason Hooper ; editors, Melissa Lowery, Edward Macomber, Kara Stevens, Jason Hooper ; musical composer, Joaquin Lopez.
OCLC Number:
on1002306441
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
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