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.
Phillip J. Bartell
Phillip John Bartell (born February 18, 1970) is an American film editor, screenwriter, producer and director. was born in Quincy, Illinois, and graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 1992.
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