Dark Girls, an emotional expose’ co-directed by (l-r) D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke (Duke Media) recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The two took a candid look at everyday America in an effort to speak with women of the darkest hues to address a long lived issue in many communities.  This heart felt project has been two years in the making an made its way to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Question was asked by a dark skinned woman “Has anything really changed since the days of American slavery when dark-skinned Blacks were made to suffer even greater indignities than their lighter skinned counterparts?”

Berry states of the film’s origin, when Bill called me with the idea of a documentary about dark-skinned women, I was in right away. Being a dark-skinned Black man, like Bill, I have gone through similar traumas. Being separated and discriminated against by our own people. It stifles your self-esteem. Bill and I shared our similar experiences and immediately understood that we knew the best way to approach this.