2020

0h 15m

7.7(9 votes)

Drama

Overview

Ready to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.

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8 members

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Doyin Ajiboye

Dolapo

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Luke Gasper

Mr. Wilson

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Joan Iyiola

Daisy

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Gina McKee

Michelle Adams

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Joseph Mydell

Dad

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Pamela Nomvete

Mum

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Thamilvani Umaipalan

Sunita

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Katie Friedli Walton

Imogen

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