WEEK IN WOMEN: Lagueria Davis’ ‘BLACK BARBIE Documentary Lands at Netflix and Shondaland – Brandy McDonnell reports

Writer-director Lagueria Davis has found a home for her timely and relevant Black Barbie: A Documentary.

Netflix and Shondaland recently announced the acquisition of Davis’ Black Barbie, executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers as part of their overall deal with Netflix.

A University of Oklahoma alumnus, Davis brought her “Black Barbie” to the festival circuit just as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie started generating critical acclaim and record-breaking box-office numbers.

Considering Davis spent a dozen years making Black Barbie, and the movie Barbie had been in the works since The LEGO Movie became a 2014 blockbuster, it’s interesting timing that both films debuted within just a few months of each other.

A previous cut of Black Barbie premiered in March at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. The film went on to play at Hot Docs in Toronto, at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas, at the American Black Film Festival in Miami and more. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.