Black Barbie: A Documentary

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.

Lagueria Davis graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2007 with a BFA in Media Art. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Davis graduated in 1996 and found herself a freshman at OU double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Three years and three internships later, her need to create consumed her, and she left the engineering program and landed in the School of Art. Since graduating, Davis has established herself as an award-winning filmmaker.

MAID OF DISHONOR, a feature she co-wrote, was a 2016 Nicholls Fellowship Quarter-Finalist and was a quarter finalist in the 2015 WeScreenplay Competitions.

REMEMBER ME, a pilot Davis wrote was a semi-finalist 2016 WeScreenplay TV Competition. In addition, in 2013 THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY, a feature script and in 2016 LIGHT IN DARK PLACES a short script placed in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition.

2018 was a big year for Davis as she completed the short film LIGHT IN DARK PLACES and began production on her feature documentary, BLACK BARBIE, which was selected for the Big Sky Pitch forum, WIF/Women at Sundance Financing Intensive, and was showcased at STORY in Nashville.

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