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Set in South Los Angeles, Black Kung Fu Chick is about a young African American girl who needs guidance with achieving her goal of becoming a doctor.
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'Black Kung Fu Chick' Fights Back Against Stereotypes And Adultification Of Black Girls
"Black Kung Fu Chick" was created by Emerson professor Rae Shaw. She's played by Taylor Polidore. (Courtesy Mikayla Gamble) Rae Shaw remembers recording her favorite kung fu movies on VHS in her childhood home. A lover of dance and film, the fight sequences drew her into these stories of revenge and honor. But it was the rarer, female-centric stories that stayed with her. “I really admired the women martial artists,” says Shaw, a filmmaker and Emerson College professor. “A lot of the female stories were about protecting communities, justice, and family. Those were things that were reall...
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