What defines our identity, our family of origin or the family that raises us? How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Director Lacey Schwartz Delgado discovers that answering those questions means understanding her parents’ own stories as well as her own. She pieces together her family history and the story of her dual identity using home videos, archival footage, interviews, and episodes from her own life. Both a NY Times and a Village Voice/LA Weekly Critic’s Pick, Little White Lie is a personal documentary about the legacy of family secrets, denial, and the power of telling the truth.

Little White Lie tells Lacey's story of growing up in a typical middle-class white Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity — that is until she discovers that her biological father is actually a black man with whom her mother had an affair.   When Schwartz uncovers her family secret it leads her on a personal quest to examine the big issues of race, identity, and belonging.

The Village Voice/LA Weekly hailed Little White Lie as a “profound and engaging documentary” and “a beautiful, intimate, and complex exploration… [that is a] nuanced engagement with the most difficult of American discussions about race, family, and identity." The NY Times called Little White Lie  a “rich narrative,” “provocative,” and “a searing portrait of collective denial.” And said, “Few moments in recent nonfiction cinema are as piercing.” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes said on-air that Little White Lie was, "One of the most profound meditations on race I've ever actually experienced," and The Huffington Post called it “a thoughtful look at the impact of denial and the nuanced ways in which we shape our identity.”

Little White Lie has been featured in American Film Showcase, Sundance Film Forward, as well as the highest rated broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens for the 2015 season.

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TRT 66 minutes.