In September of 1968, middle schooler Rita Pettis runs into her neighbor's niece rocking an afro, the first she's ever seen. When encouraged to try the new hair-do, she reports to school only to find herself suspended for wearing her natural hair.
Aaliyah Sulivan
Rita
Charlize Patmon
Michelle
Imani Jackson
Aaliyah
Chad Anderson
Pricipal Myers
Taj Young
Mother
Lauren Anderson
Director
Henry Timm
Producer
Franny Lucania
Co-Producer
Kira Danford
First Assistant Director
Tony Krupski
Second Assistant Director
Claudia Martinez
Second Second Assistant Director
Afton McNatt
Director of Photography
Mason Bell
First Assistant "A" Camera
Micah VomSteeg
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Liam Caldwell
First Assistant "B" Camera
Vicki Lalane
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Micah Ten Pas
Gaffer
Joshua Talamantez
Script Supervisor
Rylie Edwards
Sound Mixer
Ben Cordner
Mihaela Baker
Costume Designer
Bella Gonzalez
Production Designer
Colette Parsons
Casting
Vanessa Cariño
BTS Photographer
Vargo Suwandi
Sound Designer
Matthew Yen
Lead Editor
Jeanette DeMoss
Art Department Assistant
Ben Hensen
Digital Imaging Technician
Michaela Morris
Camera Production Assistant
Abby Elliot
Production Assistant
John Benjamin Terrell
Best Boy Electric
Naylah Jobe
Key Grip
Eli Kurtz
Best Boy Grip
Logan Langevin
Grip
Libby Gorton
Gavin Sayles
Miles Baker
Dean Yamada
Executive Producer
Dallas Jackson
James Michael Chiang
Camera Operator
Luke Fuller
Nikolas Biz
Kyle Rosser
BTS Videographer
