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One Drop Rule
directed by James Banks, fl. 2001; produced by James Banks, fl. 2001, California Newsreel and Elixir Productions (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2001), 49 mins
One Drop Rule explores a recurring and divisive issue in African American communities - skin color. Candid, sometimes painful, but also often funny, it picks up where California Newsreel's earlier release A Question of Color leaves off. The film inter-cuts intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans,...
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directed by James Banks, fl. 2001; produced by James Banks, fl. 2001, California Newsreel and Elixir Productions (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2001), 49 mins
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One Drop Rule explores a recurring and divisive issue in African American communities - skin color. Candid, sometimes painful, but also often funny, it picks up where California Newsreel's earlier release A Question of Color leaves off. The film inter-cuts intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans, lighter skinned African Americans and inter-racial children of Black and white parents. In the process it investigates color conscious...
One Drop Rule explores a recurring and divisive issue in African American communities - skin color. Candid, sometimes painful, but also often funny, it picks up where California Newsreel's earlier release A Question of Color leaves off. The film inter-cuts intimate interviews with darker skinned African Americans, lighter skinned African Americans and inter-racial children of Black and white parents. In the process it investigates color consciousness, a sensitive topic within the Black community, with great tact and a clear commitment to healing divisions.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James Banks, fl. 2001, California Newsreel, Elixir Productions, Todd Bridges, 1965-
Author / Creator
James Banks, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
California Newsreel
Speaker / Narrator
Todd Bridges, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Racial groupings, Racism, Black community, Ethnopsychology, Racial identity, Race relations, Racial groups, Racial diversity, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 California Newsreel
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