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The mirror lied / produced at USC School of Cinema and Television ; directed by Jennifer Haskin-O'Reggio.
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- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Haskin-O'Reggio, Jennifer, author.
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American teenage girls--Psychology.
- African American teenage girls.
- Body image in women.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (28 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1999.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- How does a young African-American woman cope with the ideals of feminine beauty imposed by white society? This film shows the struggle of the filmmaker's fifteen-year-old sister, Jantre, to accept her appearance. Though she spends an hour each day trying to tame her unruly hair, she never feels attractive. She envies the white girls hair. When she asks for a wig for her birthday, her mother accuses her of not accepting her blackness. Jantre's mother grew up in the segregated South and says it took many years to accept herself. In a bold move to challenge her classmates standards, Jantre goes to school with her hair in its natural fullness. She finds it a liberating experience.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- OCLC:
- 780749418
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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