Search Results: blackface
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Movies (11)
Blackface
Set in 1881, a black minstrel performer grapples with acting on stage after getting a surprise visit from his estranged father.
Blackface
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams tries to understand why the notoriously liberal Dutch dress in blackface during the annual holiday of Sinterklaas.
Blackface
A drinking party. A tenacious makeup. A scouring sponge. When violence and fear take over reason, it leaves marks.
Blackface
A week before the Sinterklaas festivities on December 5, global news channel CNN is digging into the Zwarte Piet controversy with a short documentary. Blackface was made by Oscar-w...
David Harewood on Blackface
At its peak, The Black and White Minstrel Show was watched by a Saturday night audience of more than 20 million people. David Harewood goes on a mission to understand the roots of ...
Blackface and Hollywood
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 Hollywo...
BlackFace: The Sacred Legend
In the depths of an Indian forest, an English colonist decides to hunt a supposedly sacred monkey. The rumor says that this monkey is eternal but is it really the true?
Beyond Gangster Blackface: A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap
The documentary "Beyond Gangster Blackface: A Critical Analysis of Gangster Rap" takes a critical look at the power of music lyrics and how lyrics can influence the mentality, lang...
The Minstrel Killer
When a series of haunting murders plagues a small Texas town, law officers Tex Holland and Pike McGraw lead the investigation. The murders turn out to be the most shocking and vile...
Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
A documentary took more than 30 years to pursue a migrating bird, black-faced spoonbill.
Blackfaced Sheep
How to sew a brat onto a ewe hogg, and everything else you wanted to know about sheep farming in the Highlands.
