This commercial for a Black Moses Barbie toy celebrating the legacy of Harriet Tubman is part of Pierre Bennu’s larger series of paintings and films deconstructing and re-envisioning images of people of color in commercial and pop culture.
Two more commercials for this hypothetical toy will be posted throughout Black History Month 2011
Directed, written, shot & storyboard by:
Pierre Bennu

Voice over
Meagan Shea
Pierre Bennu
Jamyla bennu

Props & Fashion
Dirk Joesph & Pierre Bennu
puppeteering & backgrounds:
Pierre Bennu