Black Barbie Documentary Coming to Netflix

"Netflix and Shondaland (Shonda Rhimes) have acquired worldwide rights to 'Black Barbie,' a documentary that dives into the history of the first Black Barbie doll — which debuted in 1980... and three Black women at Mattel who advocated for the toy."

Read more about this exciting news in the Variety. com article here. Note that Variety's statement regarding Black Barbie's debut 31 years after Barbie was released is an error. Black Barbie debuted in 1980, 21 years after (white) Barbie's March 9, 1959, introduction at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Read another article about the documentary published by Netflix here.

The Root gives its spin on the documentary as well.

See three Black female powerhouses behind this venture here.

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