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Policing Joy (2022)
Short | 21 min | Documentary, Short

Policing Joy (2022)

Short | 21 min | Documentary, Short

Policing Joy is a 21-minute documentary short film that aims to stimulate a global conversation around Black girls' encounter with hair bias in schools. Policing Joy opens with Black women and girls across generations reflecting on ...See morePolicing Joy is a 21-minute documentary short film that aims to stimulate a global conversation around Black girls' encounter with hair bias in schools. Policing Joy opens with Black women and girls across generations reflecting on memories around their hair styling and grooming practices in anticipation of the first day of school. Next, Policing Joy dives into the recent media coverage of Black girls' experiences with hair bias in U. S. schools. In this segment of the documentary, scholars and experts offer insights for how schools often perpetuate harm that can lead to emotional distress for Black girls.The turning point of the Policing Joy comes when subjects of the documentary reclaim their hair with a call to action demanding that all Black girls be protected from all forms of violence in schools. See less

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Elizabeth Bangura School Kid School Kid See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Faye Belgrave Self Self See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Brielle Bertrand School Girl School Girl See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
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Priyah Goff School Kid School Kid See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Soraya Grady School Girl School Girl See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Paula Gray Interviewee Interviewee See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Kayla Hayes School Kid School Kid See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Makayla Hill School Girl School Girl See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
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Afiya Mbilishaka Self Self See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Michellyn Mbuyi School Kid School Kid See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Faith McCullough Interviewee Interviewee See fewer	TERRA DIVA
Fatima Miller Interviewee Interviewee See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Lailah Muhammed School Girl School Girl See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Angela Patton Self Self See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Nefertari Medford Rasaq Poet Poet See fewer	We Can Move Mountains Together (2023)
Macaria Robinson Daughter Daughter See fewer	Stained Glass (2022)
Valerie Slater Self Self See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Tia Thomas Model Model See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Aaliyah Nikol Thornton School Kid (as Aaliyah Nicole Thornton) School Kid (as Aaliyah Nicole Thornton) See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Autumn Tinch Little Sister Little Sister See fewer	For My Man (2015)
Amiya Waters School Kid School Kid See fewer	Policing Joy (2022)
Kayla Watkins Model Model See fewer	The Actress (VI)