Hair or No Hair
Director: Janessa St. Pierre
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About the project
Hair or No Hair is a short film about Bel Davis, a young black woman who grapples with the realities and unforeseen circumstance of losing her hair and being completely bald due to Alopecia.
Photographs by Brian Van Wyk
Janessa St. Pierre
Janessa St. Pierre is a black filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist and performer born and raised on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Janessa’s goal is to ground all her stories and work in true authenticity. Specifically highlighting and centring Black woman and non-men in a genuine way to have authentic representations in-front and behind the cameras.