The mirror lied /

How does a young African-American woman cope with the ideals of feminine beauty imposed by white society? This film shows the struggle of the filmmaker s fifteen-year-old sister, Jantre, to accept her appearance. Though she spends an hour each day trying to tame her unruly hair, she never feels attr...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Haskin-O'Reggio, Jennifer
Corporate Author:	University of Southern California. School of Cinema-Television
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1999.
Series:	Filmakers Library online.
Subjects:	African American teenage girls > Psychology. Body image in women. Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) Adolescentes noires américaines > Psychologie. Image du corps chez la femme. Beauté féminine (Esthétique) African American teenage girls > Psychology Body image in women Documentary. Streaming videos. Nonfiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Nonfiction films. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)