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Dolápò is fine

Ethosheia Hylton, United Kingdom, 2020

15 min.Short fiction

Soon to leave her very British boarding school, Dọlápọ̀ is pressured to conceal her natural hair, and to change her name in order to get a job in the City. Dọlápọ̀ buys a wig, but the hair leaves her questioning its uncertain origins and she is forced to reconsider her own assumptions about identity.
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Original title Dolápò is fine
Danish title Kald mig Dolapo
Other titles Dolapo is fine
Keywords Identity, Youth, School attendence, Job interviews, Africans, Cultural meetings, United Kingdom, The, Cultural differences
Director Ethosheia Hylton
Screenplay Joan Iyiola, Chibundu Onuzo
Producer Millie Marsh
Director of Photography Yinka Edward
Editor Xanna Ward Dixon
Production country United Kingdom
Online release 08.12.2021, Filmcentralen
Danish rating Not recommended for children under 7
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Companies

Production company Apatan
In collaboration with WDW Intertainment, Bumble

Direction

Direction Ethosheia Hylton

Script

Screenplay Joan Iyiola
Screenplay Chibundu Onuzo

Production

Producer Millie Marsh
Executive producer Amy Dowd
Executive producer Elisabeth Hopper

Cinematography

Cinematographer Yinka Edward

Stills

Still photographer Helen Murray

Editing

Editor Xanna Ward Dixon

Sound

Production mixer Alexander Langner

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