Black, Bold and Beautiful
Documentary, 42 minutes, 1999
Writer/Director
Sienna Films, National Film Board of Canada

For Black women, hairstyles have always been fraught with issues of beauty, identity and politics. Black, Bold and Beautiful explores the lively debates that infuse the choices women make about their hair.

“Amazing that a documentary about hair can say so much about politics, race and culture.”
Antonia Zerbisias
The Toronto Star

”An entertaining and informative primer on the do’s and don’ts of Black hair….Filmmaker Nadine Valcin runs her comb through some of the tangled dilemmas surrounding Black hairstyles.”
Starweek Magazine

Distribution
Canada: National Film Board of Canada
United States: Women Make Movies