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Searit Huluf Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Direct Pixar’s Short Film 'Self'

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Source: Rich Polk / Getty Searit Huluf is breaking new ground in animation. The Ethiopian-American filmmaker has made history as the first Black woman to direct a stop-motion short film for Pixar, with her stunning project, Self, now streaming on Disney+. Read more about this Black History moment inside. A longtime animation enthusiast, Huluf’s pioneering work has already earned her a spot on Variety’s 2024 ‘Top 10 Animators to Watch’ list, soli…
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Searit Huluf Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Direct Pixar’s Short Film 'Self'

Source: Rich Polk / Getty Searit Huluf is breaking new ground in animation. The Ethiopian-American filmmaker has made history as the first Black woman to direct a stop-motion short film for Pixar, with her stunning project, Self, now streaming on Disney+. Read more about this Black History moment inside. A longtime animation enthusiast, Huluf’s pioneering work has already earned her a spot on Variety’s 2024 ‘Top 10 Animators to Watch’ list, soli…

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Searit Huluf Makes History As First Black Woman To Direct Pixar’s First Stop-Motion Short Film

Searit Huluf is breaking new ground in animation as the first Black woman to direct a stop-motion short film for Pixar. Read more inside.

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From the forthcoming book Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette, by Jennifer Jones. Copyright © 2025 by Jennifer Jones. To be published on Feb. 18, 2025, by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Excerpted by permission. On January 31, 1988, I made my national debut with the world-famous Radio City Rockettes at the NFL Super Bowl halftime show in San Diego. It’s no exaggeration or clich…

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