Little White Lie
The film is a searing portrait of collective denial - a diagnosis from which Ms. Schwartz doesn't exempt herself.
Little White Lie
Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz's story of growing up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, New York with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity — despite the open questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin. She believes her family's explanation that her looks were inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather. But when her parents abruptly split, her gut starts to tell her something different. At age of 18, she finally confronts her mother and learns the truth. What defines our identity, our family of origin or the family that raises us? How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Lacey discovers that answering those questions means understanding her parents' own stories as well as her own. She pieces together her family history and the story of her dual identity using home videos, archival footage, interviews, and episodes from her own life. Little White Lie is a personal documentary about the legacy of family secrets, denial, and power of telling the truth.
Genre
Documentary,
Drama,
Family,
African-American Experience,
Bio-pic
Web Site
Runtime
66
Language
English
Director
Lacey Schwartz
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 11.28.14 - 12.04.14
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