In Netflix documentary "Black Barbie," out Wednesday, June 19, executive producer Shonda Rhimes, 54, alongside ballerina Misty Copeland, 41, and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, 38, detail the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At its best, writer-director Lagueria Davis' film aims to challenge the level of responsibility placed onto Black Barbie and ...

Netflix uber-producer Shonda Rhimes has snapped up the rights for “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” which chronicles Mattel’s 1980 introduction of the first Black doll, bringing some much-needed ...

Today Barbie and Black In Fashion Council have announced an intentional partnership. The special announcement is reflective of Black designers comprising only 7.3% of the fashion industry, despite the ...

Margot Robbie’s Barbie made film history last year. But in the Eighties, three Black women revolutionized the doll brand when they helped push for a Black Barbie. On Tuesday, Netflix released the ...

Black Barbie, the new documentary from Netflix tells the story of three Black women at Mattel responsible for spearheading the evolution of the Barbie brand in 1980. The film also explores the ...

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who loves Barbie in all her forms and colors. After debuting at last year’s SXSW festival, the new documentary “Black Barbie” is now streaming on ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After Mattel‘s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it ...

Television superproducer Shonda Rhimes made a Black Barbie documentary with Netflix, and we have the trailer. Written and directed by Lagueria Davis, Black Barbie explores how three Black women ...

Barbie is everything. She's everywhere. She's in a box-office billion-dollar smash hit directed by Greta Gerwig. However, despite all her success — especially in recent years — the one question always ...

Beyoncé, Zendaya, Shonda Rhimes and Rosa Parks. These A-listers and more are all dolled up, thanks to this pretty, plastic plaything. Black Barbie stormed onto the toy scene as the “dynamite” ...