White Afro
Synopsis
A barber-school training video on how to give a white client an “Afro.” The final film in Owusu’s Hair Trilogy.
United States, English
Cast & Crew
Directed & Produced by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Edited by King Z
Sound Design & Mix by Kari Rae Seekins
Music by Manhyia Tete Nnwomkoro
Performance: Nana Saah Adwubi Kete
Voice Over: Nana Saah Adwubi Kete
Archival Voice: Dick Plume & Bill Cosby
Awards
Medien Patent Verwaltung AG Prize, Locarno Film Festival
Selected Screenings
• Locarno Film Festival
• MoMA Doc Fortnight
• Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
• Ann Arbor Film Festival
• Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
• Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
• Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts
• 56th Robert Flaherty Film Seminar (Work-in-Progress, 2010)
Platform Premiere
MUBI— Hair Trilogy Premiere
“This film definitively confirms the extremely original and innovative work of this internationally renowned artist… redefining the boundaries between video art and cinema.” — Charlotte Corchète, Locarno Film Festival