Movie & Conversation: " Afro Hair"
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As part of Documentary Film Month, Alliance Française de Toronto teams up with the Institut Français to present a special movie devoted to Afro hair, with support from L’Oréal Professionnel Paris.
The evening will unfold in three parts:
Welcome reception hosted by L’Oréal Professionnel Paris in a space dedicated to hair diversity.
Screening of the short film Josepha Protected content , a portrait of a Parisian beautician who encourages Black women to embrace their natural hair, followed by two episodes of the documentary series Cheveux afro, which explores the aesthetic, social, and political history of Afro hair.
A conversation moderated by our cultural director, Cynthia-Laure Etom, with Antoine Akouissonne, photographer, filmmaker, and son of pioneering Central African filmmaker Joseph Akouissonne and Natacha Castor, Director of Education Services for Well-Being, Mental Health and Social Work.
Films will be screened in French with English subtitles
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