A question of color / Film Two Productions ; produced, directed and written by Kathe Sandler ; co-writer, Luke Charles Harris.

This program examines the issue of color consciousness within the Black community. This film explores a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal. A variety of African Americans give their experiences and attitudes towards the question...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hwang, Jason (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Film Two Productions
California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Chin, Michael (Cinematographer)
Shepard, Robert (Cinematographer)
Sandler, Kathe (Producer, Director, writer.)
Harris, Luke Charles, 1950- (writer.)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Published: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2006?]
Subjects:
Colorism > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans > Color > Social aspects.
African Americans > Color > Psychological aspects.
Race awareness > United States.
Body image > United States.
Colorism.
Body image.
Race awareness.
United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
This program examines the issue of color consciousness within the Black community. This film explores a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal. A variety of African Americans give their experiences and attitudes towards the question of color.
Note:Originally produced as documentary film in 1992.
Duration and date on container and disc label: 56 min., 1993.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E185.625 .Q47 2006 VideoDVD
Credits:Cinematography, Michael Chin & Robert Shepard ; music, Jason Hwang [and others] ; executive producer, St. Clair Bourne ; co-writer/chief consultant, Luke Charles Harris ; editors, Kate Davis, Lucy Winer.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R) format: this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives; NTSC; Dolby digital 2.0.
Participant or Performer:
Participants: Curtia James, Esther Lloyd, Wiley Woodard, Harriet Mayner, Kim Mayner, Harold Mayner, Bobby Davis, Johnny Ford, Dr. Benjamin Payton, Baylies Davis, Robert L. Davis, Rhonda Baraka, Dianne Houston, Cheryl Anthony, Pat Williams, Vertamae Grosvenor, Melba Tolliver, Malcolm X, Kathleen Cleaver, Stokeley Carmichael, Jesse Jackson, Karen Halliburton.