What’s Missing in the Lilo & Stitch Posters? A Face and a Deeper Concern
Where is Lilo's face? Disney marketing sends a chilling signal: that even in 2025, an alien is more palatable and marketable than a brown girl.
Shania Lei Bravo
Shania Lei Bravo is a Hawai'i-born actor with a degree in Architecture and a minor in Film and Performing Arts from Cornell University. She began her film career as a background dancer on Amazon's I Know What You Did Last Summer and has since appeared in a variety of films, commercials, and voiceovers. Shania is best known for her co-star role on the NCIS: Hawai'i Season 3 finale. She has played lead roles in several independent films, including Daddy's Girl, Kauna'oa, and When It Burns, with work that has screened at festivals across the U.S. and internationally. Behind the scenes, she works in VFX with credits on Rescue: HI-Surf, The Righteous Gemstones S4, and Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch and Moana.