ADIFF Women's History Month Film Series

SHORTS PROGRAM: But You're Not Black (NY Premiere) & White Like the Moon

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2 films in package
But You’re Not Black - NY Premiere
A Chinese-Caribbean-Canadian woman, driven by people’s inability to separate her skin color from her culture, tries to own the Trinidadian identity she knows should feel like hers.
White Like the Moon
A Mexican-American girl struggles to keep her identity when her mother forces her to bleach her skin.
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A Mexican-American girl struggles to keep her identity when her mother forces her to bleach her skin. White Like the Moon is a revealing film about a dilemma not very well known outside Latino communities; that of the myth of the light skin superiority in Indigenous and Indigenous descendant communities.

  • Year
    2001
  • Runtime
    23 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    MARINA GONZALEZ PALMIER
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