Pick (2019)
- Directed by
- Alicia K. Harris
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Black Canadian girl named Alliyah goes to school with her natural Afro on class photo day and faces social pressure. The short film follows her struggle to cope with the reactions of her peers.
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What happens
Pick is a 2019 Canadian short drama film, directed by Alicia K. Harris. The film stars Hazel Downey as Alliyah, a young Black Canadian girl struggling to cope with the social consequences of having chosen to go to school on class photo day wearing her natural Afro instead of straightening her hair. The film was funded in part by a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, and entered production in 2018. It premiered in September 2019 at the Urbanworld Film Festival. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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