Of colourism and self-worth

Of colourism and self-worth The frame opens with a group of people waiting impatiently outside a labour room. Soon they hear the cry of a baby. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Express News Service KOCHI: France-based animator Vinnie Ann Bose’s short film ‘What is your brown number?’ tackles the important issue of colourism with wry humour. Released recently on YouTube, the four-minute film, has been produced by Studio Eeksaurus The frame opens with a group of people waiting impatiently outside a labour room. Soon they hear the cry of a baby. The doctor emerges to announce that it’s a boy and the relatives are overjoyed. But the jubilation comes to a sudden end when the doctor disappointedly hands over a report indicating the newborn’s ‘brown number’.