Revised: Black Barbie Documentary Articles to Read

The first Black Barbie is joined by other Black Barbies that followed: Reproduction of the 1st Black Barbie (2009), the 40th Anniversary Black Barbie (2019), Mattel's 75th Anniversary Barbie (2020), and Fashionista #221 to celebrate Barbie's 65th Anniversary (2023)

I am enjoying the press coverage the Black Barbie documentary is receiving. I also enjoyed viewing the documentary at 1 a.m. on June 19th, and I'll watch it again.

Published on D Magazine website, A Fort Worth Filmmaker Chronicles Her Circuitous Appreciation for Dolls in ‘Black Barbie’ on June 18, 2024, the article briefly covers filmmaker, Lagueria Davis's reasons for creating the documentary. It "explores cultural identity, examines representation and inclusion, and traces a family history."

Published on The Guardian website on June 19, 2024, Someone who looked like me focuses on the women who created Black Barbie.

View a clip from the documentary here.

It's undisputed that the first Black doll named Barbie had a significant impact on the doll world and in the world of Barbie lovers in general, particularly, Black children, adults (mostly women), and other people of color. Black Barbie quelled the desire for them to see themselves in a doll that was not just a friend of Barbie, but one that embodies the ideal of the "it" doll that has, can do, and be anything. Why? Because representation matters.

View another clip here.

Before the first Black Barbie, all others stood on the sidelines idolizing the original first American fashion doll with a mature bosom that gained and has maintained iconic status. It took 21 years for Mattel to relent and allow the once standalone white Barbie title to be shared by a Black doll, which was not intended to diminish the original doll's place in doll society, but to give the Black doll the appearance of equal standing while allowing Black children to see themselves in Barbie, too. 

Watch the trailer:

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