Negro: A Docu-Series About Latinx Identity
Started in 2010, by Dash Harris, Negro is a docu-series exploring identity, colonization, racism, and the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean and the color complex among Latin@s.Through candid interviews, the social manifestations and consequences of the deep-seated color and class complex is deconstructed. This docu-series explores the history and present attitudes of race, color, self-identification, and social interaction among Latinxs from Latinxs themselves.
Within the NEGRO docu-series, there is a two-hour length documentary, thirty topical video shorts focusing on topics such as “pelo malo,” “mejorando la raza,” black women, and more. There is also our “FINDING IDENTITY” sub-se ries focusing on individual identity stories.
Click on “Read More to the docu-series website for educational videos.
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