Why Do You Have Black Dolls - Documentary

"Why Do You Have Black Dolls?" is a 25-minute film of interviews with black-doll enthusiasts by Dartmouth student, Samantha Knowles.

The film has been accepted into its first film festival: Run & Shoot Filmworks, Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, which will take place from August 7 through August 11, 2012.

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"Why Do You Have Black Dolls?" also has a Facebook page! Knowles urges you to "like" it to receive updates:   facebook.com/whydoyouhaveblackdolls

Read more about this remarkable young woman, here.


Thank you, Ms. Knowles for your research and work to further expose the historical and cultural significance of embracing black dolls through the joy of doll making, collecting, and play!

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Researcher Looking for Doll Collectors in NY Area

I received an email from researcher, Sabreena Peters of Makin' Movies Inc., seeking to interview people in the NY area who collect black dolls.  She and her associate(s) will be in the New York area on January 20 and 21, 2012.

Sabreena wrote:

I’m currently working on a documentary about doll collectors in general, and we are really hoping to find some black doll collectors to speak with, as we are extremely interested in learning more about the unique perspective and experience. Right now we are in development, so we are looking for people to speak with as part of our research, as well as potential subjects. We are based in Toronto, but will be going to New York and Halifax in the coming weeks... I wanted to see if you knew anyone in any of those areas that you think might be interested in speaking with us, or if you have any suggestions on how we can best get in touch with people with in the black doll collecting community. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as well. I would also be very interested in speaking with you as well [about] your own personal experience, if you have time to do a phone interview.

To find out more about our documentary, you can take a look at our facebook page at www.facebook.com/livingdollsdoc or our webpage at www.livingdolls.ca.

NY residents interested in sharing your black doll or general doll collecting experience with Sabreena should visit the Facebook and/or web page links included above or email Sabreena directly at: sabreena@makinmovies.tv

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