150 LIES MYTHS AND TRUTHS

2006

18 min.

en

Original Title

150 Lies Myths and Truths

Overview

Across a naked pregnant belly are projected labels waiting to be affixed to the child, from racial slurs to gendered pejoratives to terms of affection. Unspoken is the 151st myth – Michele Wallace’s ‘myth of superwoman’ – the expectation that a Black mother be supernaturally strong and capable.