Light Girls

Name: Light Girls
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2015-01-19
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Raven-Symoné, Kym Whitley, Iyanla Vanzant, Essence Atkins, Diahann Carroll

More stories. Different perspectives.

Light Girls (2015)

1:24 (84 min)

Documentary, History

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Watch film Light Girls — Light Girls Documentary Airs January 19 | #Selma50 | Oprah Winfrey Network

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Release date

19 January 2015

Director

Bill Duke

Composer

Kurt Farquhar

Producer

Aimée Flaherty

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Actors

Raven-Symoné

herself

Kym Whitley

herself

Iyanla Vanzant

herself

Essence Atkins

herself

Diahann Carroll

herself

Keke Wyatt

themself

Rolonda Watts

herself

Tatyana Ali

herself

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Short description

From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more.