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The Colour of Beauty
201016 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Elizabeth St. Philip
Production: Alexandra Yanofsky
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's
got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world
where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black
models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in
chocolate.”
The Colour of Beauty is a shocking short
documentary that examines racism in the fashion industry. Is a black model
less attractive to designers, casting directors and consumers? What is the
colour of beauty?
This film is part of the Work
For All series, produced by the National Film Board of
Canada, with the participation of Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black CommunityDiscrimination
- Work and Labour Relations > Discrimination and Equal Rights
- Women > Image of WomenWorking Life
- Diversity > Black Studies
- Media Education > Body Image
- Health/Personal Development > Careers & Education
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
Credits
- director
- Elizabeth St. Philip
- producer
- Alexandra Yanofsky
- line production
- Aisling Chin-Yee
- Marie-France Côté