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HUE

By Vic SARIN

Documentary - Completed 2013

A heartfelt, personal investigation into the legacy and ongoing effects of colourism - prejudice based on skin colour within a single ethnic group - that takes us all around the world in search of answers.

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Vic SARIN
- Writer(s)
- Vic SARIN
- Producer(s)
- Tina PEHME (SEPIA FILMS), Kim ROBERTS (SEPIA FILMS), Selwyn JACOB (NATIONAL FILM BOARD)
- Synopsis
- Vic Sarin takes us around the world in his exploration of colourism - prejudice based on skin colour within a single ethnic group - a global problem that is prevalent to this day. Sarin travels to countries in Asia, South America, the Caribbean and Africa to investigate the history and tragic ongoing effects of this complex issue, collecting personal stories from those most impacted by colourism, including a Filipina entrepreneur whose business has flourished within the billion-dollar skin-whitening industry. HUE leads viewers on a thoughtful and surprising journey to the heart of a shocking phenomenon that is anything but black and white.
- Partners & financing
- National Film Board of Canada
  Documentary (CBC)