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Black Barbie

Black Barbie

Comfort Arthur | Ghana | 2016 | 4' |

| IFFR 2018

In this thoughtful animation, Comfort Arthur narrates her attempts to lighten her skin and look like the perfect light-toned African Barbie. The personal journey she embarks on causes her to question societal ideals of beauty and whether she can accept herself as she is.

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