The Hair Opera

Liminal Roots

A journey through the memories of a young girl struggling to come to terms with the complexity of her mixed-raced identity.

2024

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respe

2006

Human Nature

A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and

2001

Freedom Hair

When a mother decides to start a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome obstacles imposed by a powerful c

2024

9 Songs

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet a

2004

Waves

Ania is an apprentice at a small hairdressing parlour along with her best friend, Kasia. The two teenage girls from dysfunctional families share a com

2016

Hair

Philippe, about thirty, discovers that he is becoming bald. For this backward adolescent musician, the loss of his hair is a real disaster. When he as

2010

Maladonna

In late XIX century, rich and bored Maria (Paola Senatore) is after a more sexually interesting life and gets involved with Alessio who shows her othe

1984

The Boy with Green Hair

Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new c

1948

Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator

After many adventures, a young female switchboard operator starts a love relationship with a serious young man. But while he's away on business, she g

1967

Jailbirds

Four female convicts break out of prison, and during their escape they take hostage a bus full of young female tennis players. They drive the bus to t

1978

The Braid

India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s

2023

Bienvenido a casa

Young couple Samuel and Eva move to Madrid and start living together when he finds work as a photographer. Although Samuel doesn't knows, Eva's expect

2006

tint

Lance can't seem to shake an awkward encounter after a stranger touches his hair.

Melissa: The Total Female

A British porn director named Dave is casting his movies. Melissa is a buxom blonde who satisfies Dave both in his office and on the set. Minimal plo

1970

Locks

A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.

2009

Jie Jie

Embarrassed by her un-American look, a young girl betrays her younger sister during their first Sunday at a Chinese-American church.

2018

The Haircut

After his wife forces him to the barber's, a fragile thirty-something reassess both his hair and his marriage.

2022

Lasting

Lasting is an emotional love story about Michał and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer j

2013

Brunes et Blondes

Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unex

2010