PICK

Directed by Alicia K. Harris

Canada, 2019 (fiction, 11 minutes, colour, English)

Film Description:
"A young girl wears her afro to school on picture day and must deal with the unexpected consequences. PART I of the HAIR IS trilogy, a series of short films exploring the personal and political intersections of black hair, identity, and freedom."
-- aliciakharris.com (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Alicia K. Harris
Produced by:	Alicia K. Harris, Rebeca Ortiz, Venessa Harris, Kurtis Chen, Ryan Nesbitt
Principal Cast:	Hazel Downey, Jessica Danov, Phyola James, Maria Moga, Danielle Smith, Deragh Campbell, Robert Blake
Cinematography:	Ann Tipper
Film Editing:	Kathryn Lyons
Production Company:	Sugar Glass Films

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Award won by PICK

Canadian Screen Award: Best Live Action Short Drama -- awarded to Alicia K. Harris, Rebeca Ortiz, Venessa Harris

Notes about PICK

Filmed in Toronto.

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Quote by the Director

"The film [PICK] is based on my own personal experiences growing up as a Black woman with a natural Afro. I felt from a very young age I wasn't pretty if I had natural hair simply because there was very little representation of me ... The white woman with blonde hair would be portrayed as a beautiful woman."
-- Alicia K. Harris (source)

Bibliography for PICK

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Paradkar, Shree. "New short film PICK aims to straighten out misconceptions about Black women's hair." Interview with Alicia K. Harris, Venessa Harris. Toronto Star, June 11, 2018.

Web Sites about PICK

"PICK." https://www.aliciakharris.com/PICK. [official site]
"IMDb: Pick." Internet Movie Database, Inc. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10019100/reference.