Directors D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke tackle a provocative dilemma among the African-American community in their documentary Dark Girls.

After spending two years developing the project, Berry and Duke produced a film which addresses the issue of colorism among blacks and some of the challenges dark-skinned women face.

It features interviews with women of “the darkest hues” who discuss their experiences battling the stigmas and standards of beauty many African-Americans attach to skin color.

“I can remember being in the bathtub asking my mom to put bleach in the water so that my skin would be lighter and so that I could escape the feelings that I had about not being as beautiful, as acceptable, as lovable,” one woman says in the film’s trailer.

“I used to wish that I could wake up one day lighter or wash my face and think that it would change. I thought that it was dirt and I tried to clean it off but it wouldn’t come off,” says another.

Originally premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, Dark Girls has now made its way to the small screen and will be debuting on TV nationwide this Sunday.

Oprah will be broadcasting the documentary

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Former Philadelphia 76ers player Allen Iverson walks onto the court to deliver the game ball before the game against the Boston Celtics in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs at the Wells Fargo Center on May 23, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty

For 14 NBA seasons, he was “The Answer” in the NBA. Allen Iverson wowed crowds and nearly led the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA title in 2001.

Although not officially retired, he hasn’t played

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Jesse Jackson Jr. (Photo courtesy of NBC Chicago)

NBC Chicago – Convicted former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would like to serve prison time ahead of his also-convicted spouse, Sandi Jackson, court filings show.

Paperwork also reveals the former legislator is having difficulty paying the hefty fine of up to $100,000 levied against him by a federal judge.

Jackson in February pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds. Jackson acknowledged in court that he spent $750,000 of campaign cash on personal items — like a $4,600 Michael Jackson fedora and a $1,500 black-and-red cashmere cape, according to the charges against him — and pleaded guilty to several charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and false statements.

Sandi Jackson pleaded guilty on the same day to tax fraud.

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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) holds up a few cellular phones as he speaks during a news conference June 13, 2013 at the Capitol Hill Club on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senator Paul was joined by lawmakers and other groups to discuss the National Security Agency’s surveillance program. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rand Paul displays the sort of lack of self-awareness that could only make a sociopath smile – which I suppose explains how he’s managed to become a leading

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Travis Ballie holds a sign that reads (Diversity Works) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. Today the high court is scheduled to hear arguments on Fisher v University of Texas at Austin, and are tasked with ruling on whether the university’s consideration of race in admissions is constitutional. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Earlier this year, while

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Vin Diesel as Riddick in ‘Riddick: Rule The Dark’. (Photo courtesy Universal.)

Bokeem Woodbine as Moss in ‘Riddick: Rule The Dark.’ (Photo courtesy Universal.)

Vin Diesel as Riddick in ‘Riddick: Rule The Dark’. (Photo courtesy Universal.)

Vin Diesel as Riddick in ‘Riddick: Rule The Dark’. (Photo courtesy Universal.)

Vin Diesel as Riddick in ‘Riddick: Rule The Dark’. (Photo courtesy Universal.)

Conrad Pla in ‘Riddick: Rule

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Vice President Joe Biden (L), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (2nd-L) and others react after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill designating the First State Monument, in Delaware, a National Monument, during a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

President Obama is unlikely to sign a major gun control bill during his presidency, as

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