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Saturday, June 26 @ 2:00PM WHITE LIKE THE MOON 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. By Marina Gonzalez Palmier, USA, 2001, 23min, English, Drama. Shown with DENYING BRAZIL / A NEGOCAO DO BRASIL A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of Black actors in Brazilian television "soaps." Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyzes race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Black people's identity-forming processes. By Joel Zito Araujo, Brazil, 2000, 92min, documentary in Portuguese with English subtitles. "As a sociological dissection on how popular entertainment can shape racial prejudice and help to build racial justice, 'Denying Brazil' is a strong and significant work of intelligence." - Phil Hall, Filmthreat |
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