"Black is Black" - a Short Film on Colorism
Overview
Black is Black is a short film sparking a much-needed conversation about colorism, a large issue within the black community, as well as many other communities. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group.
- Production
- Reel Deal Digital
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Crew
- Director
- Thomas Cooksey
- Writers
- Tajh V. Lewis
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bmw7nk
April 29, 2021
The “Black is Black” short-film begins with 2 men sitting on a couch, speaking about how it seems like Black people are becoming targets of racism everyday, such as being in the news for being shot by a cop. These people are trying to talk through these events, but one of them in particular is about trying to find solutions so that they have a lower chance of becoming a hashtag themselves, as Black men. One man is light-skinned and of mixed race and the other man is dark-skinned, which means tha…