Tiny, intimate splinter stories from major metropolises, set against their local cityscapes. A timeout from the buzz of the big cities to sit with their inhabitants.
Content warning: Distressing scenes of pica (Ship of Fools)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: SIFTMedia215 Collective
The Whites of Our Eyes is a short documentary film that follows Dr. Yaba Blay as she returns to her familial homeland of Ghana to explore the relationships between beauty, bodies and b/Blackness. In addition to recreating the groundbreaking Clark Doll Test among schoolchildren, the film follows a young hustler as he prepares for his community’s annual harvest festival by bleaching his skin. Amid the ghosts of colonialism and the gods of whiteness, The Whites of Our Eyes questions ideas and ideals of beauty in contemporary Ghana.
- DirectorYaba Blay & Maame Adjei
- ScreenwriterYaba Blay
- ProducerYaba Blay, Maame Adjei
- Executive ProducerYaba Blay, Imani Perry, Rakia Rahmeeka Reynolds, THE COMMUNITY
- CastFelix Kotey Amon, Aseda
- CinematographerPercy “Mutombo” Osei-Appiah
- EditorPercy “Mutombo” Osei-Appiah
- Production DesignMaame Adjei
- ComposerBondzie (M3NSA) Ansah
Tiny, intimate splinter stories from major metropolises, set against their local cityscapes. A timeout from the buzz of the big cities to sit with their inhabitants.
Content warning: Distressing scenes of pica (Ship of Fools)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: SIFTMedia215 Collective
The Whites of Our Eyes is a short documentary film that follows Dr. Yaba Blay as she returns to her familial homeland of Ghana to explore the relationships between beauty, bodies and b/Blackness. In addition to recreating the groundbreaking Clark Doll Test among schoolchildren, the film follows a young hustler as he prepares for his community’s annual harvest festival by bleaching his skin. Amid the ghosts of colonialism and the gods of whiteness, The Whites of Our Eyes questions ideas and ideals of beauty in contemporary Ghana.
- DirectorYaba Blay & Maame Adjei
- ScreenwriterYaba Blay
- ProducerYaba Blay, Maame Adjei
- Executive ProducerYaba Blay, Imani Perry, Rakia Rahmeeka Reynolds, THE COMMUNITY
- CastFelix Kotey Amon, Aseda
- CinematographerPercy “Mutombo” Osei-Appiah
- EditorPercy “Mutombo” Osei-Appiah
- Production DesignMaame Adjei
- ComposerBondzie (M3NSA) Ansah