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  1. Subjects of Desire is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jennifer Holness and released in 2021. Nominally jumping off from the 50th anniversary of the Miss Black America pageant in 2018, the film is an exploration of the relationship between African-American and Black Canadian society with the broader cultural concept of beauty standards .

  2. Subjects of Desire explores the cultural shift in North American beauty standards towards embracing Black female aesthetics and features while exposing the deliberate and often dangerous portrayals of Black women in the media.

  3. Mar 8, 2022 · Subjects of Desire: Directed by Jennifer Holness. With India Arie, Jully Black, Rachel Dolezal, Alexandra Germain. Subjects of Desire is a culturally significant, thought-provoking documentary that ultimately deconstructs what we understand about race and the power behind the beauty.

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    • Documentary
    • Jennifer Holness
    • 2022-03-08
  4. Black Women + Beauty Standards: A Conversation on Subjects of Desire. “Subjects of Desire is a thought-provoking film that explores how Western beauty standards have shifted to embrace Black women’s aesthetics, but not the Black women who originated those aesthetics.

  5. Apr 27, 2021 · Directed, written, and produced by Jennifer Holness. A Hungry Eyes Media and TVO production. Subjects of Desire is a timely documentary film that examines the cultural shift in North American...

    • 2 min
    • 14.3K
    • Hungry Eyes Media Inc.
  6. Exploring the cultural shift in North American beauty standards toward embracing Black female aesthetics and features while exposing the deliberate and often dangerous portrayals of Black women in...

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  8. Mar 21, 2021 · ‘Subjects of Desire’ Review: Smart, Wide-Ranging Investigation of Black Beauty Standards. The 50th Miss Black America pageant is backdrop to a nimble, idea-packed doc that acts as...