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<i>Ethnic Notions</i>. 1987. USA. Directed by Marlon Riggs
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  • Ethnic Notions

    1987. USA. Marlon Riggs. 56 min.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:00 p.m.

Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2


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  • Ethnic Notions

    1987. USA. Directed by Marlon Riggs. This Emmy Award–winning film—Riggs’s first major work—traces the evolution of racial stereotypes in American cartoons, feature films, minstrel shows, and children’s rhymes that permeated the popular culture over 150 years. Print courtesy of California Newsreel. (MR) 56 min.

In the Film exhibition Documentary Fortnight 2013: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media

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