Our storyteller takes us through what it was like to growing up and being called "light-skinned - a term to her that felt like an insult when coming from family and friends; her natural hair journey from adolescence to adulthood when she started fully embracing her natural hair, and her love of improvisation and rediscovering her unique voice. 

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Jackie McGriff

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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND EDITOR
Deborah Alvarez

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INTERVIEWEES
Mona Isler

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SOUND DESIGNER
Deb Alvarez

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SONG
"Fine Toothed Chrome",
Written, Performed, and Produced by Sam Barsh
Music Licensing Courtesy of Soundstripe

Stock/Archival Footage and Images
Courtesy of CBS This Morning, Mona Isler, and Megan Mack

SPECIAL THANKS to Linda Moroney and Okechukwu "Chuck" Kalagbor

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Shooting Location: Rochester, NY