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Ethnic Notions (1987)

Name: Ethnic Notions
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987

Directed by Marlon Riggs

Year: 1987
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Produced by: Marlon Riggs

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About the film

Ethnic Notions is a 1987 video essay documentary film directed by Marlon Riggs. It examines anti-Black stereotypes in popular culture from the ante-bellum period until the advent of the Civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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The record

Title	Ethnic Notions
Year	1987
Directed by	Marlon Riggs
IMDb	tt0091018
Wikidata	Q16249960

Source: Wikidata (CC0), read Fri Oct 16.

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