Project Detail

Afro-Saxons

Synopsis

Angela is a braid stylist to the stars. Wayne and Cyndia are the leading junior stylists at the UK's biggest chain of Afro hair salons. George and Apple are a Thai husband and wife team obsessed with Afro hair.

Michael is Birmingham's leading Afro stylist who is out to beat the all-powerful London salons. Afro-Saxons follows all of these stylists as they enter the Black Beauty and Hair awards - the most competitive Afro hair competition in the UK.

'An engaging and entertaining documentary - it's impossible to watch it without a smile on your face' (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian).

'A MUST-SEE FLICK - if you don't find it compulsive viewing, you're dead from the neck up' (Elsa O' Toole, NEW NATION).

'Big hair and bigger egos make for an entertaining and frequently amusing documentary - even those with no interest in hair will find something to amuse them in this admirably unusual film' (FILM FOUR).

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
84 mins
Format
HD
Director
Rachel Wang, Mark Currie 1st Feature
Producer
Summer Currie
Co-Producer
Summer Currie
Editor
Rachel Wang, Mark Currie
Screenwriter
Rachel Wang, Mark Currie
Director of Photography
Rachel Wang, Mark Currie
Sound
Nick Loe
Composer
Tim Saul
Principal cast
George Kosit, Apple Kosit, Wayne Shorter-Campbell, Cyndia Harvey, Allan Henry

Production Status

Production Company

Chocolate Films Ltd

Southbank House
Black Prince Road
London SE1 7SJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7793 4287

Sales Company

Chocolate Films Ltd

Southbank House
Black Prince Road
London SE1 7SJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7793 4287

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