What Is Your Brown Number?
Saturday, November 3, 1 pm, Chaparral Auditorium
Friday, November 9, 4 pm, Chaparral Auditorium
2016, India, Director: Vinnie Ann Bose, Producer: Nilima Eriyat; 5 min.
A family eagerly awaits the birth of a new child in the hospital waiting room. Joy turns to despair when the baby’s “brown number,” signifying a dark skin tone, is announced. Using wit and compassion, What is Your Brown Number explores India’s fixation with skin tone, exposing the corrosive effects of racial privilege and prejudice.