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