Black Barbie: A Documentary is a 2023 American documentary film about the creation of the first black Barbie doll in 1980. The film is directed, written, and produced by Lagueria Davis. The film premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest film festival and was released on Netflix on June 19, 2024.
Reception
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."
In 2025, Black Barbie won Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program and Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program.
See also
Kitty Black Perkins, designer of the first black Barbie doll, featured in the documentary Bill Greening, designer of the 40th and 45 anniversary black Barbie dolls, featured in the documentary
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