Dorylia, a gifted hairstylist, braids hair all day long, confined in the tiny Parisian flat she shares with her young daughter. Siham is looking for someone to braid her hair, and when Dorylia and Siham meet their lives change.

A film by Jacqueline KALIMUNDA

France / Rwanda, 2002, Fiction - 23 min - Color - Video

starring Laurentine Milebo, Penda Niang, Manga Ndjomo, Carole Karemera, Diana Hardes, Kiki Gakire Katese

Titre original : HISTOIRE DE TRESSES
English Title: "About Braids"

Directed by Jacqueline Kalimunda
Screenwriter: Jacqueline Kalimunda
DoP: Gwendal Demond
Sound: Nicolas Holzem
Music: Patou Marie-Magdelaine
Editor: Lise Truong
Sound Editor: Annabel Callard
Mix: Anne Maisonhaute
Art Designers: Laurent Dinasquet, Grégoire Waendendries

Winner of the Best Short Film at Milan and Zanzibar in 2003, as well as the Audience Award at Cannes