Mahalia Melts in the Rain

Mahalia Melts in the Rain is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Emilie Mannering and Carmine Pierre-Dufour and released in 2018.

Mahalia Melts in the Rain
Directed byEmilie Mannering
Carmine Pierre-Dufour
Produced bySarah Mannering
Written byCarmine Pierre-Dufour
StarringKaiyonni Banton-Renner
Sagine Sémajuste
Music byStrange Froots
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byMyriam Magassouba
Release date
2018
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film stars Kaiyonni Banton-Renner as Mahalia, a young Black Canadian girl who feels self-conscious about her African-American hair setting her apart from her classmates at ballet school, leading her mother Anika (Sagine Sémajuste) to take her to a hair salon to get her hair straightened.[1]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Drama.[2]

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