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Oprah Winfrey Presents Landmark TV Event ‘Belief’ – Recalls Her Ordeal With Colourism [Video]

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Oprah_believeThis October, Oprah Winfrey presents the landmark television event Belief, a week-long documentary series airing over seven consecutive nights that depicts how people with a wide range of beliefs search for deeper meaning and connection with the world around them. Through vivid, emotional storytelling and cinematic visual imagery, Belief illuminates the best of faith and spiritual practices from around the world – the rituals, stories and relationships that bind us all together as human beings. The series will premiere on Sunday, October 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

Oprah Winfrey, in the sneak peek of Belief recalled one of her first encounters with colorism as a child, and how the Holy Spirit helped her overcome the devastating ordeal.

“I remember the first night entering into that house and being told that I wouldn’t be able to sleep with my mother and I wouldn’t be able to sleep inside the house, but there was a little porch before you actually got inside the house and I was put outside to sleep there…

I later realized, it was [because of] the color of my skin…

I remember praying on my knees the very first night I had been removed from my grandmother and I don’t remember ever shedding a tear about it because I knew that God was my Father, Jesus was my brother and they were with me,” she said.

Watch the sneak peek of Belief

“For the past three years, my team and I have been working to find the most compelling and thoughtful stories of faith, love and devotion from around the world,” said Oprah Winfrey. “This truly has been my heart’s work, to be able to share stories like these that reflect our world and explore humankind’s ongoing search to connect with something greater than ourselves.”

Belief premieres on Sunday, October 18th 2015. All episodes air at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

 

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Read more: oprah.com/belief

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