A Girl Like Me (documentary)
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| A Girl Like Me | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kiri Davis |
| Release date(s) |  2005 |
| Running time | 7 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
A Girl Like Me is a 2005 award-winning documentary by Kiri Davis. The seven-minute documentary examines such things as the importance of color, hair and facial features for young African American women. It won the Diversity Award at the 6th Annual Media That Matters film festival in New York City, and has received coverage on on various American media sources, such as CNN, ABC, NPR. The documentary has been shown on HBO and is available, in its entirety, on mediathatmattersfest.org. The documentary was made as part of Reelworks Teen Filmmaking.
[edit] Awards
- The Diversity Award at the 6th Annual Media That Matters film festival
[edit] External Links
- Edney, Hazel Trice. "New 'Doll Test' Produces Ugly Results", Baltimore Times, August 16, 2006. [1]
- A Girl Like Me, Entire documentary on mediathatmattersfest.org
- "A Girl Like Me", Media That Matters, Biography of Davis
- "A Girl Like Me", Discussion of the background of making the documentary
- "BLACK KIDS’ SELF IMAGE-NO PROGRESS" by Marian Wright Edelman [2]
- "A Girl Like Me", Good Morning, America, ABC, October 11, 2006.
- "African-American Images: The New Doll Test", Talk of the Nation, NPR, October 2, 2006. [3]
- The role of the black parent Can we give our girls more self esteem?
- "A Girl Like Me" appears in RACE: Are we so different? a public education program developed by the American Anthropological Association.
