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Black Barbie: A Documentary is a 2023 American documentary film about the creation of the first black Barbie doll in 1980. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film is directed, written, and produced by Lagueria Davis . The film premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest film festival [ 4 ] and was released on Netflix on June 19, 2024.
Louvenia "Kitty" Black Perkins is an African American fashion designer. The majority of her career was spent designing clothing for Barbie dolls . She designed the first Black Barbie in the late 1970s; previous Black dolls in the line were marketed as Barbie's friends.
Upon Black Barbie’s eventual release in 1980, it was clear Black Perkins’ design was the complete opposite of the Barbie people knew: full lips, wide nose, bold colors and a short afro.
The doll's face sculpts would also continue to be used on African American versions of Barbie dolls, and for Barbie's black friends. Asha's face sculpt is notable for unofficially becoming the new face for Barbie's black friend Christie, as the face sculpt got used most frequently for Christie and African American versions of Barbie.
Stunned by her aunt’s revelation, Davis listened as Mitchell explained how Kitty Black Perkins, the designer of the first Black Barbie, hired in 1976, and Stacey McBride-Irby, a Black Barbie ...
Barbieland meets Shondaland in the upcoming Netflix documentary Black Barbie.. Shonda Rhimes, the executive producer of television sensations like Bridgerton and Grey's Anatomy, is discovering the ...
Dakota Rose Ostrenga was born in Chicago, Illinois [1] to Cathy and Scott Ostrenga. [6] Her siblings include an older brother named Kyler, and an older sister named Kirsten, known as Myspace and Stickam personality Kiki Kannibal.
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