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201820 minPGdocumentary

The Bleaching Syndrome

201820 minPGdocumentary

After a failed attempt to document a Sudanese woman's skin bleaching, filmmaker Eiman Mirghani examines her own experiences as an Afro-Arab woman.

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After a failed attempt to document a Sudanese woman's skin bleaching, filmmaker Eiman Mirghani examines her own experiences as an Afro-Arab woman.

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Eiman Mirghani attempts to document a Sudanese woman’s experience with skin bleaching. After this effort fails, she shifts focus to her own life as a young woman living in the Middle East. The film examines her complex relationship with skin color and the impact it has had on her identity. "The Bleaching Syndrome" runs for 20 minutes and was released in 2018.

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