Ethnic Notions (1987)
- Directed by
- Marlon Riggs
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines how anti-Black stereotypes were created and spread through American popular culture from the 1800s to the 1960s. It uses historical images and footage from advertisements, films, and household items.
historicaleducationalsoberinganalyticalunflinchinginformativedisturbingthought-provoking
What happens
Ethnic Notions is a 1987 video essay documentary film directed by Marlon Riggs. It examines anti-Black stereotypes in popular culture from the ante-bellum period until the advent of the Civil rights movement of the 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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