Film
Softer
2021 · 5m
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Overview
Softer examines the demands of "softening" that are requested of Black women's bodies in society---from job prospects to romantic ones---be that in their voice, their manners, and, critically, their hair. The experimental short plays upon the grooming rituals of softening that are terrifyingly rough through a recreation of a permanent wave machine produced perm (popular in the 1930s-1950s). The short mediates on the historical ways in which Black women have tried to answer this demand on softness through respectable appearance and behavior.
Crew
- Ayanna DozierDirector
Details
- Release date
- May 2, 2021
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 5m
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