These Crowns Shine Back.

A short film created in honor of Black History Month and Black hair. The struggle and triumph of Blackness is reflected in our hair. How we style it, how it grows, how it has been resisted and exploited by culture. Black hair is a carrier of Black history.

Director & Editor: John Paul Howard

Co-Producers: John Paul Howard & Hailey Patrick

Models: Kyal Page, Janae Nicole, Hailey Patrick, Jove

Poem & Narrator: David Jackson