Black Barbie Documentary movie Trailer HD - Netflix - Plot synopsis: More than just a doll. Black Barbie celebrates the momentous impact three Black women at Mattel had on the evolution of the Barbie brand as we know it. Through these charismatic insiders’ stories, the documentary tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be in 1980, examining the importance of representation and how dolls can be crucial to the formation of identity and imagination. Black Barbie premieres June 19, only on Netflix.
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00:00If you've gone your whole life and you've never seen anything made in your own image,
00:04there is damage done.
00:10When I think of Barbie, I see a little white doll with blue eyes in all pink.
00:17That's what I think.
00:20I just found Barbie to be a little light-skinned.
00:26Years ago, there were no black dolls.
00:28They were all white dolls.
00:31Little white girls, they could see possibility in their Barbies.
00:36And there was nothing that I could relate to.
00:39This is me and the creator of Barbie.
00:42At Mattel, I worked on the lines.
00:45She would say, do you have any suggestions?
00:48I was able to say, we want a black Barbie.
00:51That was a little act of revolution.
00:54Crowning this doll as Barbie was telling the world black is beautiful, too.
01:01I designed black Barbie to reflect the total look of a black woman.
01:07She's black.
01:07She's beautiful.
01:08She's dynamite.
01:10I thought black Barbie felt magical.
01:13From a young age, children can learn about inclusiveness.
01:17Really pretty, has locks, just like me.
01:19Black Barbie has just taken me to a whole different world.
01:24I knew black Barbie was different, but I never realized the magnitude.
01:36When did you first fall in love with black Barbie?
01:38When I first got one in my hand.