Director Lagueria Davis brings to life a vivid story of the impacts of representation and the power of Black women in her Netflix film, Black Barbie: A Documentary. The film is shot by cinematographer Sara Garth.
The documentary celebrates the momentous impact three Black women at Mattel had on the evolution of the Barbie brand as we know it. Through these charismatic insiders’ stories, the documentary tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be in 1980, examining the importance of representation and how dolls can be crucial to the formation of identity and imagination.
