Unpacking the hard truth of shadeism within my culture

Winnipeg filmmaker Joanne Roberts has been told her skin is too dark by other Filipinos.

In her new, short film I am, Roberts probes the effects of such comments on her own sense of self-worth and her own struggles with shadeism.

Roberts and filmmaker Alex Decebel-Cuza created the short film for CBC Manitoba's Creator Network, which works with storytellers from across Manitoba to tell their stories.

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