Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 21: LITTLE WHITE LIE
Lacey Schwartz’s personal exploration of the impact of family secrets had its premiere at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. The doc has gone on to screen at DOC NYC, New Orleans, Sidewalk, Black Harvest, BlackStar, Trinidad and Tobago, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard African American, and Philadelphia Jewish fests, among others.
I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
Growing up in an upper-middle-class Jewish household, Lacey Schwartz knew she looked different from the rest of her family, but her darker complexion and curly hair were brushed off as traits inherited from her Sicilian grandfather. When she finally begins to dig deeper, Lacey uncovers unspoken family secrets and willful denial that cuts to the core of her very sense of self, inspiring an intriguing re-evaluation and redefinition of identity.
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