So Young, So Pretty, So White

So Young, So Pretty, So White

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Tribeca All Access® 2015

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Weaving the lives of several compelling men and women from across the globe, So Young, So Pretty, So White is a window into the world of skin bleaching, unveiling what drives people to lighten their skin.

So Young, So Pretty, So White

Terence Nance

Director, Producer

Terence Nance was born in Dallas, Texas in what was then referred to as the State-Thomas community. Nance learned personhood there. Nance’s first feature film, AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2013. In 2014, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow. 

So Young, So Pretty, So White

Chanelle Aponte Pearson

Director, Producer

Chanelle Aponte Pearson is a Bronx-bred, Brooklyn-based filmmaker. In 2015, Chanelle was awarded the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Directors “Live the Dream” grant for the narrative series 195 Lewis, her directorial debut. The series screened to a sold-out audience at the renowned BAMcinématek in 2016 and had its world premiere at the 2017 International Film Festival at Rotterdam. Chanelle also produced the critically acclaimed film AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2012 Gotham Award for “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.” Chanelle co-manages MVMT, a Brooklyn-based film production company.

So Young, So Pretty, So White

Michelle Serieux

Producer

Michelle Serieux is a Jamaica-based, St. Lucian native filmmaker. In 2012, she won the Royal Bank Of Canada's Emerging Caribbean filmmaker award. Michelle is also the first Caribbean recipient of the Tribeca Film Institute's/WorldView Latin American Documentary Fund Grant.