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http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c102.shtml
Coffee Colored Children
A film by Ngozi Onwurah<http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm280.shtml>
England, 1988, 15 minutes, Color/BW, 16mm/DVD
Order No. W99160
This lyrical, unsettling film conveys the experience of children of mixed racial heritage. Suffering the aggression of racial harassment, a young girl and her brother attempt to wash their skin white with scouring powder. Starkly emotional and visually compelling, this semi-autobiographical testimony to the profound internalized effects of racism and the struggle for self-definition and pride is a powerful catalyst for discussion.
QUOTES
“Raw and raptly personal, an elegiac exploration of Black childhood’s enforced pains.”
John Lyttle
Philadelphia City Limits
“Onwurah’s award-winning first film is a terrifying heartbreaker.”
Ellen Cohn
Village Voice
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