Young student's documentary leaving audiences stunned

Kiri Davis is a young filmmaker whose high school documentary has left audiences at film festivals across the country stunned -- and has re-ignited a powerful debate over race. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Racism
Member Tags: african american, documentary, revealing, self image, Racial Problelms 50 Years Later
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by Dale Penn - Jan. 27, 2007

This is a touching story, but the story doesn't say whether or not there was independent verification that the short study was conducted without bias by the filmmaker. I'm not saying it is, or isn't biased, but every day seemingly factual stories end up in our email boxes, only to be debunked as urban legend. A big part of me wants to hope that is the case here.

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by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 26, 2007
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by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 26, 2007
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by Paul-André Raymond - Jan. 26, 2007
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by Veronica Barlee - Jan. 28, 2007

its inspiring what a thoughtful citizen can do with a video camera and access to the web.

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by Kyle Klipowicz - Jan. 26, 2007

Just the shot of the little girl being ashamed to choose the doll that looked like herself is enough to cause extreme discomfort at the reality that this story exposes. The institutionalization of self-depricatingly racist thoughts in a minority population is extremely apparent through the simple choices of these young children. The main question now is: what must be done?

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by Rachel Ryall - Jan. 26, 2007
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by Lucy Sells - Jan. 26, 2007

How sad that so little has changed. What a brilliant young woman the filmaker is!

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by Rebecca Law - Jan. 26, 2007
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by Gene Ulmer - Jan. 29, 2007
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by William Ringer - Jan. 29, 2007
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by Paul Pease - Jan. 27, 2007
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by Kevin Resler - Jan. 29, 2007
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