At its best, writer-director Lagueria Davis' film aims to challenge the level of responsibility placed onto Black Barbie and Mattel. Courtesy of Netflix In many ways, the release of “Black Barbie: A ...

Barbie has announced two new additions to its growing line of diverse and inclusive dolls: a blind Barbie and the first Black Barbie with Down syndrome. Mattel announced the two new dolls on Tuesday ...

The trailer highlights the importance of the Black Barbie creation. The story of the world's first Black Barbie is coming to streaming. Netflix released the trailer for "Black Barbie" on Tuesday, ...

It’s been 44 years since toy maker Mattel introduced the first official Black Barbie to the market. As filmmaker Lagueria Davis illustrates in Netflix’s “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” the doll has had ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Black Barbie: A Documentary started streaming on Netflix on Juneteenth, detailing the creation of the first black Barbie. Video shows black Barbie dolls and ShePower Leadership ...

Lagueria Davis hates dolls. At least that’s what the director of Netflix’s Black Barbie documentary (streaming now) says in the first few minutes of the film. As a kid, she preferred powering ...

The documentary was released on Netflix and produced by Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland. The creation and impact of Black Barbie is now on display in a new documentary. Black Barbie details the doll’s ...

A new documentary tells the story of Black Barbie, and why she has meant so much to so many Gregory Wakeman - Freelance Writer Lagueria Davis has been working on her documentary, Black Barbie, since ...

It was only a year ago that Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s live action adaptation of Barbie was the talk of the town, but the worldwide phenomenon didn’t spend much time showing the inner workings ...

Celebration continues with the 45 th Anniversary of Black Barbie, Aurora James spotlight, and new product EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) announced today that Barbie is ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After Mattel‘s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it ...