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- THE DEBUTANTES is the story of an intergenerational group of Black women and girls in Canton, Ohio revitalizing the debutante ball, a once popular tradition of the Black middle class.
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Jun 7, 2024 · The Debutantes: Directed by Contessa Gayles. Through personal video diaries and dance, three teens Amelia, Dedra, and Teylar navigate identity, gender norms, and realize dreams of college, medicine or business.
- Contessa Gayles
- 2024-06-07
- Documentary
- 96
May 9, 2022 · Debutantes balls still take place and look both very different and surprisingly similar to fictional ones. Here's what it's like being a modern-day debutante.
- Engrid Barnett
The Reluctant Debutante is a 1958 American comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play of the same name. The music score is by Eddie Warner and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg.
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Jun 21, 2024 · A newly revived Black debutante ball in Canton, Ohio, uses the cotillion experience as programming for Black girls, many of whom live below the poverty line.
Jun 18, 2024 · One debutante ball in Canton, Ohio, is the subject of Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Contessa Gayles’ latest project, The Debutantes. The documentary follows an intergenerational group of...
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Based on the 1955 play The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas-Home, it is the second adaptation for the screen of this work and stars Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor, and Jonathan Pryce.