Project Detail

Dolapo is Fine

Synopsis

Ready to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min
Director
Ethosheia Hylton
Producer
Millie Marsh
Co-Producer
Joe Bell, Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo
Executive Producer
Amy Dowd, Elisabeth Hopper
Editor
Xanna Ward Dixon
Screenwriter
Joan Iyiola and Chibundu Onuzo
Director of Photography
Yinka Edward
Production Designer
Elaine Xu
Sound
Richard Chesebrough
Composer
Chibundu Onuzo
Principal cast
Doyin Ajiboye, Luke Gasper, Joan Iyiola

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Sales Company

Salaud Morisset

88 Rue Armand Silvestre

Courbevoie, France, COURBEVOIE, FRANCE 92400
France

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