Bad Hair (2013)

Directors

Mariana Rondón

Cast

Beto Benites, María Emilia Sulbarán, Nelly Ramos, Samantha Castillo

The story

Set in 2011, during the end of the Chávez presidency, Junior is a pardo nine-year-old who lives in a Shoddy Apartment in Caracas. His mother, a widow who recently lost her job as a security guard, struggles financially to support Junior and his baby brother. He has "pelo malo," a Spanish term for kinky hair, which he attempts to straighten to emulate a pop star for his upcoming school photos.

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