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Filmmaker Examines Beauty Ideal

Season 30 Episode 3026 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

A local filmmaker's documentary about the beauty ideal and black women opens dialog.

In her documentary "Baartman, Beyoncé and Me" filmmaker Natalie Bullock Brown plans to explore the roots of the American beauty ideal and ask how it affects the self-perception and treatment of African American women and girls in our society. She's joined by ?Omisade Burney-Scott of Ananse Consulting and Duke University professor Dr. Mark Anthony Neal to share their thoughts on the subject.

07/18/2015 | Rating NR

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Filmmaker Examines Beauty Ideal

Season 30 Episode 3026 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

In her documentary "Baartman, Beyoncé and Me" filmmaker Natalie Bullock Brown plans to explore the roots of the American beauty ideal and ask how it affects the self-perception and treatment of African American women and girls in our society. She's joined by ?Omisade Burney-Scott of Ananse Consulting and Duke University professor Dr. Mark Anthony Neal to share their thoughts on the subject.

07/18/2015 | Rating NR

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