Black Barbie: A Documentary

Black Barbie: A Documentary is a 2023 American documentary film about the creation of the first black Barbie doll in 1980. The film is directed, written, and produced by Lagueria Davis. The film premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest film festival and was released on Netflix on June 19, 2024.

Reception

of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Davis deftly weaves together archival footage with informative graphics, clever use of Barbie dolls to illustrate certain points in anthropomorphic fashion, and interviews with historians, public figures and three Black women who were instrumental figures at Mattel and who are the heart and soul of this story."