Mona 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.
Credits:
Director & Producer: Jackie McGriff
Interviewee: Mona Isler
Director of Photography & Editor: Deborah Alvarez
"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
Filmed in Rochester, NY
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