Mahalia Melts in the Rain (2018)
12m
Running Time
October 1, 2018Release Date
Mahalia Melts in the Rain (2018)
12m
Running Time
October 1, 2018Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Mahalia, a timid 9-year-old black girl, feels different from the other girls in her ballet class. Hoping to boost her confidence, her mother brings her to the hair salon to get her hair straightened for the very first time.
Where to Watch.

Currently Mahalia Melts in the Rain is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Universcine
Streaming in:🇫🇷 France
Cast & Crew.

Kaiyonni Banton-Renner
Mahalia

Sagine Sémajuste
Anika

Carmine Pierre-Dufour
Director / Writer

Emilie Mannering
Director

Strange Froots
Original Music Composer

Guillaume Daoust
Sound

Charlotte Gandin
Art Direction

Angie Medrano
Nashaly
Media.


Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 2018
StatusReleased
Running Time12m
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
short
Wiki.
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 Black Canadian girl who feels self-conscious about her kinky hair setting her apart from her ballet school classmates, leading her mother Anika (Sagine Sémajuste) to take her to a hair salon to get it straightened.
The film premiered at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival. At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, it was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama. It won the 2020 edition of CBC Television's annual Short Film Face-Off competition.
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