Film

Whitewash 1994

Directed by Michael Sporn

  • Animation, Family
  • 25 min

A little black girl learns about racism.

When Helene Angel walks home from school with her older brother she is attacked by a street gang and painted white. The effect on Helene and her family is devastating. Helene locks herself in her room, her brother blames himself for not having successfully defended his sister, and the media descends on their neighborhood, completely disrupting her small family.

AnimationFamilyhip-hopgangschoolracist remarkracismbrother sister grandmotherwalkman

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