19 Shades of Black - Award Winning Documentary Film | Black Women
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Published 2021-09-26
Written, directed, and edited by John Brooks
19 Shades of Black is a documentary film about what it means to be a Black Women in the USA, today.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS RECEIVED: Winner at Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, Semi-Finalist at Chicago Indie Film Awards. Official Section in LA Indies, Concourse Film Festival, Atlanta Award-Qualifying Film Festival, and Paris Lift-Off Film Festival.
"You think you know, but you don't know."
CHAPTERS
0:00 Who We Are
1:15 Family and learning I am Black
24:31 Black Hair
35:39 School, Work, Life
48:28 TV, Film, and Dating
1:04:17 Our Strength
Primary footage was shot in San Diego, California.
[All comments, negative or positive, are welcomed.]
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Recorded on the Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K in ProRes Ultra HD, using 35 and 50 mm Rokinon prime lenses. Edited in DaVinci Resolve 15.
*Rights to all B-Roll and music used in this production has been obtained.
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All Comments (15)
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... The greatness of black women has no boundaries.
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Brilliantly Brilliant!
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Wow. Just wow. Mind blowing on how many of these statements I related to. I love how you asked the question “if you could come back would you chose a different race or stay black” I LOVE that we all love taking what comes with being black because at the end of the day it’s WORTHIT . And I feel the same way. I love these women. Beautiful sisters
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Respect!
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Thank you for this.
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BRAVO! Absolutely a must-see film! These strong Black women sharing their standpoint is powerful! Thank you so much, John Brooks, and all the interviewees. I am grading my students' reviews of the film and the importance of Standpoint Theory and their Sociological Imagination. Y'all have inspired and informed my sociology students profoundly at the University of Arkansas.
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Good Job, excellent documentary, Mr. Brooks!
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nicely done! Great seeing you at the meetup.
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I appreciate this great video! Thank you
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Well done good work. thanks
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Excellent body of work!
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I grew up in the 60's to black parents. My dad was very light with jet black curly hair. His hair was silky. His siblings were dark brown. My mom was very light yellow brown. I'm the oldest of 8 children. I was born different from my other siblings. My hair was blond my eyes were blue and my skin was white. The doctor was in shock. He thought I was white. So all of my life people have wondered what I was. As a child I couldn't understand that question. I had no friends because no one knew what I was. I knew I was black because both my parents were black. I was smart so maybe one or two white kids would play with me. I was in my fifties before black people would gravitate towards me. I had a business it was rare that a black person would come in. As I became a teenager my eyes and hair changed. My hair became sandy. And I developed a camellia eye. Which means for me they would turn green. If I was in deep thought. I grew-up a time it was rare if at all you saw a mixed child. I'm now 75 and it saddens me to here that this sort of thing is still prevalent. I ended up marrying someone who is black, but from a south finished high school went into the Navy. I was hesitant, but he has always been respectful and protective of me. He has never stood in the way of what I wanted to do. I never dreamed I would find a black man who also maintained his appearance and mine. To this day he still looks out for me. In the 60's and 70's all educated black men in California wanted white women. There many women who grew-up during that era have never been married.
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Whoa! I didn’t know that you knew Chilala. I used to work with her.
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