Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful
Video
5 min
2012
Synopsis
Split Ends, I Feel Wonderful reworks archival television footage of 1970s Afro hair culture in New York City. Through rhythmic editing and layered sound, the film reframes Black hair as pride, resistance, and visual language.
United States, English
Credits
Sound Design: Kari Rae Seekins
Awards
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker — Ann Arbor Film Festival
Collections
Whitney Museum of American Art
Internationale Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Selected Screenings
• Studio Museum in Harlem
• MoMA, Re-Presenting the Archive
• Anthology Film Archives
• London Short Film Festival
• Black Radical Imagination
• Nickelodeon Theatre, Black Stories: Two Cities