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202177 minGdocumentary

Prism

202177 minGdocumentary

Rosine Mbakam and Eléonore Yameogo critique the biases in photographic media that favor Caucasian skin tones, highlighting technological and ideological limitations.

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Eléonore Yameogo,

An van. Dienderen

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Rosine Mbakam and Eléonore Yameogo critique the biases in photographic media that favor Caucasian skin tones, highlighting technological and ideological limitations.

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Rosine Mbakam

Rosine Mbakamdirector

Eléonore Yameogodirector

An van. Dienderendirector

Rosine Mbakam

Rosine Mbakamwriter

Eléonore Yameogowriter

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Rosine Mbakam and Eléonore Yameogo collaborate in Brussels to address the biases inherent in photographic media. Their work, directed by Belgian filmmaker An van Dienderen, examines how these media favor Caucasian skin tones. The film critiques the technological and ideological limitations that privilege whiteness, using the differences in skin color as a starting point for their discussion. "Prism" runs for 77 minutes and was released in 2021.

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