Hair Love is a story that touches on topics around family, self esteem, pride, style, identity and culture. The film shares a young family’s morning, showing the complexity of responsibility roles in traditional families that are ever changing in today’s busy society. Both main characters, Dad and 5 year old Zuri, learn to help each other through challenges presented when their regular routines are interrupted. They must learn to communicate and support each other through the very real and stressful challenges of everyday life. A touching portrayal of love and communication, woven into an everyday family moment. Winner of 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Hair Love is a story that touches on topics around family, self esteem, pride, style, identity and culture. The film shares a young family’s morning, showing the complexity of responsibility roles in traditional families that are ever changing in today’s busy society. Both main characters, Dad and 5 year old Zuri, learn to help each other through challenges presented when their regular routines are interrupted. They must learn to communicate and support each other through the very real and stressful challenges of everyday life. A touching portrayal of love and communication, woven into an everyday family moment. Winner of 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

The Black Curriculum 

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We are pleased to include some animations by The Black Curriculum here and encourage you to support the work of The Black Curriculum in campaigning for Black history and Britain’s colonial past to be embedded in the National Curriculum, and to make a donation to the cause if you can here. 

Their website is full of learning resources including this lesson on Intersectional Feminism which you can purchase here. 

theblackcurriculum.com

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