Race, culture and beauty collide in the documentary, ‘SHADE’, premiering early 2026. From Santo Domingo to Milan to New York, ‘SHADE’ follows models from the Dominican Republic who are elevated for their dark-skinned beauty in a business that rewards them with access to opportunities never possible at home. A home—like nearly all the Americas—still shaped by a legacy of colonialism, where whiteness is held as the standard of appearance and economic mobility, despite the majority of its people being of African descent.