381: Director Lagueria Davis of ‘Black Barbie: A Documentary’

In this week’s episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome filmmaker Lagueria Davis.

Black Barbie celebrates the momentous impact three Black women at Mattel had on the evolution of the Barbie brand as we know it. Through these charismatic insiders’ stories, the documentary tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be in 1980, examining the importance of representation and how dolls can be crucial to the formation of identity and imagination.

Host: Jamie
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax