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)

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Summary:	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 attractive. She envies the white girls hair. When she asks for a wig for her birthday, her mother accuses her of not accepting her blackness. Jantre s mother grew up in the segregated South and says it took many years to accept herself. In a bold move to challenge her classmates standards, Jantre goes to school with her hair in its natural fullness. She finds it a liberating experience.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (28 min.)
Audience:	For High School; College; Adult audiences.