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Softer (2021)

0h 5m · 2 May 2021
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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.

Movie ID79196
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DirectorAyanna Dozier
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Release date2 May 2021
Release year2021
LanguageEN
Duration5 min (0h 5m)
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Director: Ayanna Dozier

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