This sad and beautiful animation was created to accompany CNN’s digital series, “The First Time I Realized I Was Black,” in which the network asked celebrities as well as CNN anchors and reporters when they first realized that their skin color somehow made them different.
The narration is excerpted from W.E. B. Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk,” originally published in 1903.
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CREDITS
Lead video producer: Tawanda Scott Sambou
Craft editor: Janelle Gonzalez
Graphics: Melody Shih, Shane Csontos-Popko, Rob Chriqui, Padraic Driscoll, Jonathan Reyes
Video producers: Claudia Morales, Gabe Ramirez, Jeremy Moorhead, Bryce Urbany, Deb Brunswick, Tsering Bista, Jacqueline Rose
Voiceover: Larry Meriweather
Senior video producer: Jacque Smith
Web development: Sean O’Key
Creative Director: Jonathan Reyes
Senior Motion Graphics Designer: Padraic Driscoll
Design: Ai Hsuan, Melody Shih
2D Animation: Ai Hsuan, Melody Shih
3D Animation: Shane Csontos-Popko, Rob Chriqui
Lead video producer: Tawanda Scott Sambou
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