Black Barbie

Editor

Dir: Lagueria Davis
Prod: Aaliyah Williams
EP: Grace Lay, Sumalee Montano, Camilla Hall, Jyoti Sarda, Milan Chakraborty
LinLay Productions, Just a Rebel Media, Lovely Day Films, & Lady + Bird Films.
Distribution: Netflix and Shondaland

Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Even if they don’t have a story, there’s a story as to why they don’t have a story. In this film, we tell the story behind the first Black Barbie, because yes, she has a story too. It started with the filmmaker’s 83-year old aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell and a seemingly simple question, “Why not make a Barbie that looks like me?”

Black Barbie premiered at 2023 SXSW and it was acquired by Shondaland and Netflix. It is now available streaming on Netflix.

Read about the post process at Adobe and Post Magazine.