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Hair Wolf

By

Mariama Diallo

Duration

12 MIN

Language

English

Subtitles

French

Country

United States

Year

2018

It’s not every day you get to see a FANTASY COMEDY on COMMUNITY
Diffusion completed

Synopsis

In an black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.

Mariama diallo   director of hair wolf

Direction

Mariama Diallo

Mariama Diallo is a Senegalese-American writer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. In 2015, Mariama co-wrote "Everybody Dies! which was directed by Frances Bodomo and formed part of the feature film Collective:Unconscious, premiering at 2016's SXSW Film Festival. In 2016, she wrote and directed the short film "Sketch," which had its world premiere at Lincoln Center's African Film Festival. Hair Wolf premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for US Fiction short film.

Costume

Chester Algernal

Music

Ariel Marx

Editing

Kristan Sprague

Sound designer

Ryan Billia

Cinematographer

Charlotte Hornsby

Lighting

Jesse Ruuttila

Screenplay

Mariama Diallo

Producer

Valerie Steinberg

Cast

Jermaine Crawford
Trae Harris
Taliah Webster
Madeline Weinstein
Kara Young

Other one

Joanne Petit-Frere

Art direction

Eli Kleinsmith

Original Title

Hair Wolf

English Title

Hair Wolf

Hair wolf still 1   kara young photo by charlotte hornsby