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Dubai filmmaker turns spotlight on dark skin prejudices
Dubai-based writer Ayesha Banerjee and director Neeraj Mehta take a nick at those judged by their outer appearances and confront casual racism in their latest short film ‘Kaali Peeli’, releasing on YouTube on December 14. The compelling three-minute film trains the spotlight on a young girl, Maya (Lyla Beg), who wakes up in the middle of the night and stands in front of the mirror with her mother’s phone torchlight examining her face. Dubai-based writer Ayesha Banerjee. Image Credit: Supplied The reason? Her classmate Kishen had mocked her about her dark skin colour and told her that she would be invisible in the dark even if a torchlight shone on her. But she gamely observes: “But I am

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