Lagueria Davis | CANADA | 100 min | Captions
Co-presented by The Kween Company
In partnership with Guelph Black Heritage
Event: Coils, Cocoa Butter & Auntie Vibes
Glam Pre-Event for ACB Community: 5:30pm (FREE)
Public Event: 7:00pm (FREE)
Screening: 7:30pm
Pre-Event for ACB Community: Glittery Black Barbie party hosted by The Kween Company to celebrate the Sistas, Aunties, Grannies, and Mamas who have been the leading forces within the African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities. Come out with your bestie, grab the famalay, and dress in your best version Black Barbie - or perhaps rock her iconic red and gold! Enjoy sweets, treats and mocktails, prizes and entertainment, and shop at a market of local Black vendors.
This is Black, this is beautiful, this is dynamite - this is Black Barbie. This is a free event for the African, Caribbean, and Black representing folx before the screening.
Pre-Event for General Public: Join us in appreciating the glittery excellence of Black Barbie and participate in a fabulous market of local Black vendors before the screening.
Feature Film Screening: When Black Barbie arrived on the scene in the 1980s, it was a transformative moment. Love her or hate her, almost everyone has a Barbie story. Through intimate auntie access to charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, filmmaker Lagueria Davis explores the path that led to the creation of the first Black Barbie and the influence that she has had.
Post-film Event: Conversation with Black Barbie director Lagueria Davis hosted by Kween.
DIRECTOR BIO
Lagueria Davis
Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Lagueria Davis grew up in a household where her dreams had to be practical, which is how she found herself at the University of Oklahoma double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Three years and three internships later, her need to create consumed her, and she landed in the School of Art. Davis worked in production before landing a Writers PA position on season two of The L Word: Generation Q. Davis has several feature specs and four original pilots under her belt. She is a 2016 Academy Nicholl Quarterfinalist and is a four-time Austin Film Festival Second Rounder. As a queer, INFJ aquarian, born in the year of the horse, Davis is as unique as her name. Black Barbie is her first feature documentary.
