Black Barbie: A Documentary | |
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Directed by | Lagueria Davis |
Written by | Lagueria Davis |
Produced by | Lagueria Davis Aaliyah Williams |
Edited by | Heidi Zimmerman |
Music by | Dara Taylor |
Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Black Barbie: A Documentary is a 2024 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.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 27 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10.[4]
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Davis deftly weaves together archival footage with informative graphics, clever use of Barbie dolls to illustrate certain points in anthropomorphic fashion, and interviews with historians, public figures and three Black women who were instrumental figures at Mattel and who are the heart and soul of this story."[5]