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Don't Touch my hair rva

The mission of this film is to pluralize the Black narrative and reveal the wealth of Black experiences. By centering Black women, who historically are often bridge and backbone to social justice movements, hair expressions are used as a metaphor to depict a multiplicity of blackness. The essential ingredients of building community spaces are Black individuality and solidarity.

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Don't Touch My Hair RVA Book

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About the Book
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DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR RVA is an art-documentary to pluralize the Black narrative and reveal the wealth of Black experiences. By centering Black women, who herstorically are often the bridge and backbone to social justice movements, hair expressions are used as a metaphor to depict a multiplicity of blackness.

Everyday Black Matter

Back from remixing the DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR RVA archives, this film spins a fresh story about Black joy as practice motivating audiences to lean into dreams of Black cultural production rooted in pleasure, self-love, and nuanced identities that defy containment.

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