Blackface and Hollywood

• Movies
• 2019-12-31
• EN
• Released
• 0h 13m
• US
• Documentary

• 0.0
• 0

Production

Turner Classic Movies

Storyline

Since the dawn of cinema and until the mid-20th century, the minstrel show-based practice of donning blackface to portray characters of African descent has been a staple in Hollywood. Our colleagues explain blackface’s harmful history and how its usage has been damaging for Black representation.