Bringing the poetry of spoken word artist Glenis Redmond to the screen, LA-based director Irving Hillman turns his lens on the ritualistic use of hot combs, a hair straightening practice in America's black community that extends to many areas of the African diaspora, and which reflects the longstanding pressure on people of color to reject their natural physical characteristics in favor of white beauty ideals.
Directed | shot | edit : Irving Hillman
Poem by: Glenis Redmond
Executive Producer: Todd Boss , Egg Creative, Carolyn Casey
Production Company : Gravy Films (Brent Stoller)
Producers: Jackie Hillman , Miki Ishikawa
Read by: Jackie Hillman
Color: MPC
Colorist: Kris Smale
Sound/ Final mix: Eric Fawcett (Egg music)