DEFINING BEAUTY – Reel Sisters Shorts
Miss Curvy
Producer/Director: Ghada Eldemellawy
24 min., Doc.
When Uganda announces its first-ever beauty pageant for plus-size women, schoolteacher and single mother Namukasa Mariam seizes the opportunity. Hoping to gain strength by confronting past traumas and her abusive ex-husband, she soon finds herself surrounded by national controversy, fierce rivalry and extravagant characters.
I Am More Than My Hair
Producer/Director: Alyscia Cunningham
29 min., Doc.
From the time we are young, girls are pressured into a set belief of beauty standards. Hair is certainly high on the list and is often labeled as our “crown and glory.” Where does this notion fit for females with alopecia (the partial or complete absence of hair from areas of the body where it normally grows)?