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Black Hair Magic

Very Short Films (under 10 minutes!) • 7m 7s

Directed by Alaysja Clark • Documentary • 2017 • 7 minutes

African-American women discuss the struggles and benefits of being a black woman in America through hair.

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african american, black hair magic, doc, documentary, expository, gender, hair, ovid, pacific arts, race, shod, short, short film, social issues, sociss, women

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