A nine-year-old Venezuelan boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.

Winner of Best Film at the Havana Film Festival and Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival. Bad Hair is available in our libraries via DVD and Kanopy streaming.

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NR, 93 mins., 2013. In Spanish with closed captions (CC) in English.