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DOLAPO IS FINE

DOLAPO IS FINE

Directed by Ethosheia Hylton

Fiction –

Drama –

2020 –

UK –

15′

Synopsis

Soon to leave her very British boarding school, Dolapo is pressured to conceal her natural hair, and to change her name in order to get a job in the City. Dolapo buys a wig, but the hair leaves her questioning its uncertain origins and she is forced to reconsider her own assumptions about identity.

Cast

Doyin Ajiboye, Katie Friedli Walton, Joan Iyiola

Crew

Director – Ethosheia Hylton
Writers – Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo
Producer – Millie Marsh
Production Company – Apatan Productions
Co-Producers – Joe Bell, Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo
Cinematographer – Yinka Edward
Editor – Xanna Ward-Dixon
Composer – Chibundu Onuzo

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