The souls of Black girls / written, edited and produced by Daphne S. Valerius ; a Femme Noire Production.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: [United States] : Femme Noire Production, [2008?]Copyright date: Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.48896 So83va
LOC classification:
  • E185.86 .S684 2008
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Narrator, Daphne Valerius ; music, Marcos Morales ; photography, Claudia Saimbert.
Darlise Blount, Chuck D, Michaela Angela Davis, Dr. Lez Edmond, Pamela Edwards, C'Nay Hines, Gwen Ifill, Juanita Jennings, Regina King, Katie Magrane, Amelia Marshall, Kadija Minah, Kenyetta Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith.Summary: "The Souls of Black Girls is a provocative news documentary that takes a critical look at media images--how they are instituted, established and controlled. The documentary also examines the relationship between the historical and existing media images of women of color and raises the question of whether they may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images"--Soulsofblackgirls.com Website.
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DVD, NTSC.

Darlise Blount, Chuck D, Michaela Angela Davis, Dr. Lez Edmond, Pamela Edwards, C'Nay Hines, Gwen Ifill, Juanita Jennings, Regina King, Katie Magrane, Amelia Marshall, Kadija Minah, Kenyetta Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Narrator, Daphne Valerius ; music, Marcos Morales ; photography, Claudia Saimbert.

Based on research entitled, Self-esteem and self-confidence: The effects of mass media on women of color ... Forgotten.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007.

"The Souls of Black Girls is a provocative news documentary that takes a critical look at media images--how they are instituted, established and controlled. The documentary also examines the relationship between the historical and existing media images of women of color and raises the question of whether they may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images"--Soulsofblackgirls.com Website.

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