Black Women and Body Size in History and On Screen

Panel 1 of the Debating the Black Body in Fashion and Popular Culture Series
Moderator:
Elizabeth Keys, Associate Curator, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Panelists:
Sharen Davis, Costume Designer, Dreamgirls (2006), Django Unchained (2012), Fences (2016)
Kim Jenkins, MA, Lecturer and Researcher, Founder, The Fashion and Race Database
Samantha N. Sheppard, PhD, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies, Cornell University