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70 years of Blackness : The untangling of race and adoption

  • 70 years of Blackness : The untangling of race and adoption
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Short
Running time : 30 (in minutes)

Verda Byrd has been living her entire life as a black woman. Only until the age of 70 Verda made a shocking discovery. She was adopted and her biological parents were actually white. 70 Years of Blackness takes a look into Verda's story while examining the effects race played within the adoption industry.



Film by Christopher Windfield selected for the Toronto Black Film Festival 2021

Partners

  • Culture and Development East Africa
  • Mambo magazine
  • Zanzibar International Film Festival
  • Arterial network Tanzania chapter
  • Maisha Music

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