Synopsis
A taboo-busting look at how Afro-textured hair shapes Black experience in modern Britain, as writer Emma Dabiri talks to men and women about their hair stories.
- Programme: Hair Power: Me and My Afro
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2020
- PSHE | Diversity
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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