The Tribe (2005)

Directed by

Tiffany Shlain

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

18 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the history of the Barbie doll and the Jewish people side by side. It uses archival footage, graphics and animation to cover from biblical times to the present.

informativewhimsicalfast-pacedthought-provokingplayfulvisualeducationalentertaining

What happens

The Tribe is a short documentary film directed by Tiffany Shlain and narrated by Peter Coyote. Weaving together archival footage, graphics and animation, it tells the history of both the Barbie doll and the Jewish people from Biblical times to the present. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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