Mahalia Melts in the Rain | |
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Directed by | Émilie Mannering Carmine Pierre-Dufour |
Written by | Carmine Pierre-Dufour |
Produced by | Sarah Mannering Fanny Drew |
Starring | Kaiyonni Banton-Renner Sagine Sémajuste |
Cinematography | Olivier Gossot |
Edited by | Myriam Magassouba |
Music by | Strange Froots |
Production company | Colonelle Films |
Distributed by | Travelling Distribution |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Mahalia Melts in the Rain is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Émilie Mannering and Carmine Pierre-Dufour and released in 2018.
The film stars Kaiyonni Banton-Renner as Mahalia, a young Black Canadian girl who feels self-conscious about her African-Canadian hair setting her apart from her classmates at ballet school, leading her mother Anika (Sagine Sémajuste) to take her to a hair salon to get her hair straightened.[1]
The film premiered at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2] At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama.[3]
It subsequently won the 2020 edition of CBC Television's annual Short Film Face-Off competition.[4]