
1996
Afros, braids or corn-rows--hairstyles have always carried a social message, and few issues cause as many battles between Black parents and their daughters. To "relax" one's hair into straight tresses or to leave it "natural" inevitably raises questions of conformity and rebellion, pride and identity. Today trend-setting teens proudly reinvent themselves on a daily basis, while career women strive for the right "professional" image, and other women go "natural" as a symbol of comfort in their Blackness. Filmmaker Nadine Valcin meets a range of women as they reveal how their hairstyles relate to their lives and life choices.

Amuna Baraka-Clarke

Vivian Barclay

Markeisha McLaren

Black Mother Black Daughter

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story

Negra

Black Ice

I Made a Vow

Africville: Can't Stop Now

What We Talk About When We Talk About Blackness

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

Older, Stronger, Wiser

Black I Am

The Road Taken

Wash Day

Simply Johanne

Tribal Strands

Tell Me All About My Body

Is My Living In Vain

Carnets d’un Black en Ayiti

Hair or No Hair

Down to Zero

HAIRDOO