Representation Blog Post

I think that the representation in our film opener is really well put together, and far from stereotypical. In our film opener, we have three people acting in it, all of which are black girls. I had written the script with everyone before we had chosen who was playing the other roles, so we didn't base our characters on any racial stereotypes. The only thing in our film that may be considered a “stereotype” is the leading character thinking that they are ugly.

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