The CROWN - Poetic short film

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One year ago racist statements were made about Afro-textured hair on the Bubbles & Gloss show. It goes without saying that this caused a lot of commotion. Robin Ramos and Kymani Ceder, wrote a poem for this as positive representation by, from and for Afro Dutch people. With this film we liberate ourselves from these chains on the day after Liberation Day.

We filmed this poem as a result of a study assignment with the theme family. What does family mean to us? We chose ‘black hairstyles’ as a starting point, because historically it implies a community of several tribes and is a way of being in touch with the ancestors until today.
The films works as a time machine in a paradoxical decolonial way that takes you on a journey through the legacy of this tradition of hair and connects the present and the past with each other as through weaving. The film is a re-enactment of history played by Afro-Dutch people of the present: how do Afro-Dutch people experience their identity after a physical alienation has taken place from the continent of Africa? How do they relate to their hair now? And how do we, as Afro-Dutch filmmakers, relate to this film?
De Kroon is a poetic narrative about the relationship between Afro-Dutch people and their hair. With this we build upon the Natural Hair movement that is more visible in the American context.

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