When her hair appointment is cancelled mere hours before a formal event, Gaia is forced to confront buried childhood trauma as she attempts to tame her hair by herself for the first time. Overwhelmed, Gaia turns to her matriarchs as a last resort and they tell her all she needs to hear.

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About the filmmakers

Kyla Simmons is a rising senior in UT-Austin's Radio-TV-Film Department.


Raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Chidera Orazulike is an Igbo writer and sound mixer.


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