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Netflix Sets Animated Musical 'Sulwe' Based on Lupita Nyong'o Book

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Netflix has unveiled plans for Sulwe, an animated musical feature based on the graphic novel series of the same title by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.

The book, featured in its own episode of the Netflix original series Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!, features Sulwe, whose skin is darker than everyone she knows as she wants to be beautiful and bright.

One night, Sulwe is visited by a shooting star sent by the Night, and embarks on a magical journey that changes everything by teaching true beauty comes from within. "The story of Sulwe is one that is very close to my heart," Nyong'o said in a statement, as she recounted being uncomfortable as a child in her dark skin. "It was a long journey for me to arrive at self-love.

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