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Reel Representation: Fantasy films often don&#8217;t include people of color within their worlds

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Fantasy films are vehicles to gorgeous, vibrant magical worlds. But those worlds aren’t all that beautiful when they’re built to exclude you.   Growing up, I fell in love with “The Lord of the Rings.” But as a young biracial girl, I knew that I didn’t belong in Middle-earth’s mystical provinces and kingdoms – there was no one onscreen that looked like me.

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Reel Representation: Fantasy films often don’t include people of color within their worlds

By Olivia Mazzucato

March 5, 2018 9:16 a.m.