Who Told You Your Black Is Not Beautiful?
An immersive film installation on Black beauty, belonging & intergenerational healing

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A Question That Refuses Easy Answers

Who Told You Your Black Is Not Beautiful? is an immersive film exploring the enduring impact of colorism on Black women and girls. Anchored in Brown v. Board of Education and the research of psychologists Mamie and Kenneth Clark, the film blends personal testimony, archival records, and interactive technology to ask a question that refuses easy answers: Who taught Black women that their beauty needed permission?

What is colorism?

Prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group.

Six Stories. Six Mirrors. One Journey

That Belongs to You.

This is not a webinar, a workshop, or a course. It is an installation — a space audiences enter the way they enter a gallery. They move through rooms at their own pace, pause where something calls to them, and decide how deep they want to go.

Inside, six women share something they may have never said out loud before. They are dark-skinned and light-skinned — because colorism does not wound only one way. The installation holds both truths, because healing the wound of colorism requires understanding the full shape of it.

After each story, participants enter a mirror room — not to be told what to think, but to sit with what they feel. When the six stories are complete, two more rooms remain: a Meditation Room for stillness and reflection, and an Art Expression Room with writing, painting, and drawing prompts.

Karen's Story

Her story. Her truth. Her experience of colorism — in her own words. ↓ Mirror Room: What did her story stir in you?

Kelly's Story

Her story. Her truth. Her experience of colorism — in her own words. ↓ Mirror Room: Where have you felt this too?

Shaleena's Story

Her story. Her truth. Her experience of colorism — in her own words. ↓ Mirror Room: What have you been carrying that belongs to someone else's story?

Cherylann's Story

Her story. Her truth. Her experience of colorism — in her own words. ↓ Mirror Room: What does this bring up that you haven't looked at yet?

Renee's Story

Her story. Her truth. Her experience of colorism — in her own words. ↓ Mirror Room: What would you say to her? What would you say to yourself?

Dr. Kathy's Story

Her story. Her truth. Her experience of colorism — in her own words. ↓ Mirror Room: What are you ready to release?

When the stories are complete, two more rooms remain.

The Virtual Meditation Room When the six stories are complete, this room is waiting. A space to be still with everything you've just moved through. Breath. Quiet. No agenda. Just you, and what the stories opened.

The Art Expression Room Some things that rise in you can't be spoken — they have to be made. The Art Expression Room offers writing prompts, painting prompts, and drawing prompts. Whatever your hands and heart need to do, this room holds space for it. Nothing you create here is wrong.

You came to witness six women's stories. You may find you leave having finally witnessed your own.

Director - Karen Moore

Rooted in History. Urgent Today.

Nearly 75 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the social and psychological impacts of racialized beauty standards persist. As conversations around race and mental health gain renewed urgency, educators, healthcare professionals, researchers, and community leaders increasingly recognize the connection between representation and self-perception.

The film links one of the most pivotal moments in American history to contemporary lived experience, inviting audiences to consider how harmful narratives are absorbed, reinforced, and ultimately challenged — fostering healing and a deeper sense of belonging across educational, cultural, corporate, and community spaces.

"I found this installation not only impressive, but extremely necessary for where we are as human beings,

let alone as women of colour... a delicate yet profound journey."

Ms. Maxine

Ways to Bring the Experience to Your Community

University & College Licensing — licensing for students, faculty, and researchers

Cultural Institution Installations — installations at museums, libraries, and arts organizations

Faith-Based & Community Screenings — screenings paired with facilitated dialogue and reflection

Public Health Partnerships — initiatives focused on mental health, self-esteem, and well-being

Corporate Engagement — programs supporting diversity, inclusion, and employee wellness

Educational Resources — discussion guides supporting long-term engagement

Every partnership is shaped around your audience, your space, and your goals.

The Filmmaker

Karen Moore is the founder of The Colour of Beautiful Media & Entertainment Group — a film, storytelling, and transformational experience company built on the belief that every Black woman carries a depth of brilliance the world has not yet fully witnessed.

Her work lives at the intersection of art, identity, and healing. Through film and immersive experience, she creates spaces where Black women can examine the stories they’ve been handed and begin to choose their own.

The Who Told You Your Black Is Not Beautiful Virtual Film Installation is her most personal offering yet.