By Ayo Onikoyi

Top actress and entrepreneur, Beverly Naya,   said all is set to premiere her documentary on colourism titled “Skin”, today, which focuses and identifies beauty in all complexion shades especially black.

Skin is a feature documentary produced by Be Naya limited, which involves various people ranging from school children, celebrities, beauty entrepreneurs, traders and many more people.

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In a parley with pressmen, Beverly disclosed   that the documentary is less restrictive and also non fictional compared to a movie as it allows genuine expressions of participants and also allows viewers a deep understanding of what it entails.

Speaking on colourism, Beverly said colourism affects both women and men in African countries, but it has negatively influenced the beauty standards associated with a woman’s ability to find success, adding that, the number of women across Africa using bleaching products has increased with 77 percent of them bring Nigerians.

According to her, Skin, will be premiered on Sunday, March 31st, 2019 in Lagos and aims to inspire self-acceptance and self-love, adding that the documentary is about empowerment and not judgement of one’s personal reason to change his or her skin colour and will be sponsored by Nivea.

She disclosed that her   movement on colourism started in 2014 when she launched the Fifty Shades of Black campaign highlighting the issues and insecurities surrounding skin complexion. Through the campaign, she has been able to inspire and empower a lot of people especially young females who feel insecure about themselves for various reasons.

“The goal of the documentary is not just for people to watch it and think it’s an anti-bleaching documentary, it is to teach people about self-confidence, self-love and self-appreciation” she said.

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Speaking on the event, Managing Director, Beiersdorf, Godwin Harrison, said: “Nivea is proud to support this film as an extension of the budding partnership between Nivea and Beverly Naya, who continues to inspire millions of young women with her values of hard work and courage to succeed”

“As a company, we exist so people can feel good in their skin. We believe that everyone should love and care for their skin irrespective of its shade, and we invest a lot in research and innovation to offer the best products to meet the needs of our teeming consumers”