SUNDAY | 1:50pm

James Howard

31 min | 2021 | PA, USA | New England Premiere

The Toy and Game industry is a 33-billion-dollar industry. Each year, this industry produces millions of products for people all over the world to enjoy. It employs more than 50,000 workers to fill roles from designing to manufacturing to assembling and packaging. In the creative space, the industry employs more than 5,000 designers and creatives, of which black product designers account for less than 1% of this number. Historically, the contributions and significance of Black inventors and designers of the Toy and Game industry have remained sequestered and pretty much gone unnoticed. Black designers have performed in the hallowed shadows of many legendary white inventors with silent voices. Invisible no more, the numerous black designers and inventors who have made it in this ever-flourishing industry have come to tell their stories and to be recognized for their tremendous groundbreaking contributions.

Premiered at Reading PA Black History Month, Reading, PA