TracksBlack Gyarus: How a Japanese Subculture Inspired Black Women

17 min

Available until 20/03/2027

Young women in Japan rebelled against a conformist, monochrome society in the 1990s with the gyaru style: Outrageous clothes and make-up that rejected the cult of paleness prevalent in Japanese society. Tracks finds out why this style is gaining resonance with a new generation of black women worldwide.

Director

DIVERS

Production

PROGRAM 33

Journalist

Hajar Ouahbi

Country

France

Year

2023

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