Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Screenshot via YouTube/Netflix) As illustrated by a new Netflix documentary, the history of Black Barbie paved the way for a more ...

Barbie-mania is taking over Hollywood and the fashion industry alike. But is there really a “Barbie World” for Black women? Over the past few years, we’ve watched the world transition from boldly ...

A new documentary on Netflix tells the story of the first Black Barbie doll. The doll arrived in 1980 — more than two decades after the 1959 launch of the first Barbie. If last year was the summer of ...

In Greta Gerwig’s much-anticipated “Barbie” movie, which opens in theaters Friday, “Insecure” actress Issa Rae brings some black power to the iconic doll’s pink world as President Barbie. But it was ...

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 ...

The documentary will be released on Netflix on Juneteenth. By Christy Piña Associate Editor “If you go through life, and you’ve never seen anything made in your own image, there is damage done,” ...

*Netflix has released the official trailer for Shonda Rhimes’ documentary about Mattel’s Black Barbie doll. The protect, titled “Black Barbie” spotlights the popular doll that debuted in 1980, 31 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

More than a decade ago, filmmaker Lagueria Davis decided to spend the day visiting her aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell. As her aunt poured her a drink, she began telling Davis the story of how she started ...

It’s been 44 years since toy maker Mattel introduced the first official Black Barbie to the market. As filmmaker Lagueria Davis illustrates in Netflix’s “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” the doll has had ...