In Screen Gab No. 137, we chat with the director behind the new Netflix documentary “Black Barbie” and share other streaming recommendations for this weekend.
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who loves Barbie in all her forms and colors. After debuting at last year's SXSW festival, the new documentary 'Black Barbie' is now streaming on Netflix, offering a look at the story behind the release of the first Black Barbie doll in 1980 and its impact on representation not only in the toy business but in the culture at large. In Screen Gab No.
' Even if you haven't seen it, you've probably heard of it. I'm talking about Jeremy O. Harris' 'Slave Play,' the layered satire in which three interracial couples try to remedy their fractured sexual connections through some unique and loaded role-playing methods and group therapy sessions. It all takes place at a former plantation in Virginia, and wades into the discomforting topics of racial trauma, slavery, sexual identity and power.
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