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Mahalia Melts in the Rain (2018)

12m

Running Time

Mahalia Melts in the Rain (2018)

Name: Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Released: 2018-10-01

12m

Running Time

October 1, 2018
Release Date

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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.

Rent

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

Sylvain Bellemare

Sound

Myriam Magassouba

Editor

Sarah Mannering

Producer

Olivier Gossot

Director of Photography

Louis Gignac

Sound

Fanny Drew

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 1, 2018

Status
Released

Running Time
12m

Last updated: 2025-02-12

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.