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Hair and Self Image – Out of our Heads and Bella

Season 1 Episode 2

Two young filmmakers take aim at cultural beauty standards as they examine hair in their own lives.

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Colorism in America – Shade & Out of Our Heads
26:46
Are “Team Light Skin” and “Team Dark Skin” the new monikers of colorism in the U.S.?
Trans Youth in America – Transforming Media & Re-Framing
26:46
Representations of transgender lives through the eyes of young Americans.
Protecting Families – Skinned Knees & Kik-Me!
26:46
Two teens take aim at abusers and online predators while helping heal their families.
Blindness and Autism – Blind Sighted & A Lonely Highway
26:46
Two teens take aim at the stereotypes they face being blind and autistic.
Immigrants and Refugees – Las Hijas  & Leaving Africa
26:46
The human costs of immigration as told through immigrant families and refugees.
Teen Mental Health and Suicide in Black Families
26:46
Filmmakers Kalia Hunter and Kallista Palapas recount two black lives cut short by suicide.
Self Image and non-conformity – Gorgeous and Out of the Box
26:40
What happens when teenagers reject self-policing?
Intimate Partner Violence – Rock Bottom & Breaking Silence
26:41
Two young filmmakers recount domestic violence in their high school relationships.
Immigration – Love Me and Finding Home
26:40
First generation immigrants caught between family traditions and finding their own voices.
Teen Mental Health and Suicide – Under the Wire & Surviving
26:40
Two teen filmmakers tackle mental health and suicide.
PTSD and Mental Illness – After War and Right of Mind
26:40
PTSD and mental illness through the eyes of those often overlooked.
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