Review: Brown Girls (2017) by Fatimah Asghar and Sam Bailey

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the review:

In Brown Girls, the viewer observes a portrait of racialized youth. Brown Girls, directed by Sam Bailey and written by Fatimah Asghar, is set in contemporary Chicago. In February of 2017, the OpenTV webseries released on its own, independent URL. Viewers can access the website, and therefore the episodes, from numerous countries; however, Brown Girls is a comedy that confronts American issues. A number of U.S. sociopolitical events set the stage for Brown Girls’ focus on race, queerness, and femininity: the 2016 Presidential election, the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, and an ever-increasing rate of police brutality against people of color.