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

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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