Reclaiming School Picture Day
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Shortlist / Casting / Street Casting / 2023
One in three women in the UK with afro or textured hair have skipped school on picture day due to anxiousness around race-based hair discrimination. Reclaiming School Picture Day cast a cohort of Black women who had experienced race-based hair discrimination at school. In the film, the women share their stories about the long-lasting hold this untold form of racism has had on their lives. It culminates with them having their school pictures retaken, this time wearing their hair as they have chosen, expressing beauty on their terms. The campaign ended up changing the law in the UK too.