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Dark Girls

Nan

1h 11m

2011

6.8 /10 (16)

Real Women. Real Stories

Overview

Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark-skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.

Country : Not Available

Genre : Documentary

Languages : English

Released Date: 2011-11-17

Cast : Not Available

Director : D. Channsin Berry, Bill Duke

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