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Monday, October 19, 2020

Black Fairy Tales & Folktales Matter - Useful Resources (a growing list)

ABC's Once Upon A Time Rapunzel in S3:14, The Tower, played by Alexandra Metz

This resource list is just a place to start and will be added to as we can manage. Suggestions for any category below (or for adding more categories) are welcome!

ONLINE ARTICLES:
BOOKS (tale collections):
BOOKS (Scholarship):
                                          

ONLINE ARTICLES (Scholarship):
BOOKS (Fiction):

BOOKS (picture books):

  • Freedom Child of the Sea by Richardo Keens-Douglas, illustrated by Julia Gukova - though it's a picture book, we recommended it for everyone
  • Once Upon A World Collection (board books by various authors & artists): Rapunzel, Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea 
              

GRAPHIC NOVELS/COMICS:

FILM/TV:
  • HBO's Happily Ever After: Tales for Every Child series (1995-2000) - world-famous fairy tales told with diverse characters and settings

UPCOMING:
          
Come Away official poster; Halle Bailey as Disney's new Ariel (pic was Disney approved for announcement)
  • Come Away (due for release Dec 2020, directed by Brenda Chapman, starring David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Angeline Jolie; Alice in Wonderland & Peter Pan) Trailer available to view HERE.
  • The Little Mermaid (Disney's live-action remake of their animated classic, due for release July 2021, starring Halle Bailey)
FAIRY TALE ARTISTS TO KNOW:

OTHER ART RESOURCES:
  • Racebentdisney.tumblr.com - not recently updated but still a good resource, Tumblr blog includes a wide range of artist interpretations, POC actors in traditionally white Disney roles and more.
FAIRY TALE/FOLKTALE AUTHORS TO KNOW:
  • Helen Oyeyemi (Mr. Fox, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Boy, Snow, Bird, Gingerbread: A Novel)
  • John Steptoe (Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter)
  • Virginia Hamilton (collections of African American Tales)
  • Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, Skin Folk, Sister Mine, multi-award-winning folklore/fantasy author)

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