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kinkycurls:

In celebration of my one year natural hair anniversary, I wanted to share this hair documentary, Teacher’s Weave!

I work with a group of amazing high school students from the Factory after school video program at the Bay Area Video Coalition. This year, for the first time, we decided to participate in the five day International Documentary Challenge.

While brainstorming, the students agreed that they wanted to explore the rituals of African American hair care. Since we were required to make a film from the first person perspective and it would be near impossible to find a subject in less than a week, I agreed to to break my natural hair regimen to be the guinea pig.

It took a nine hour shoot and editing until the midnight deadline, but in the end we created this quirky documentary about a teacher getting her hair did with a group of filmmaking teenagers. It wasn’t selected to screen in the festival but I’m so glad we did this!

See more of my art, my students, and my natural hair journey on my blog http://missjonesmedia.tumblr.com/. Learn more about the Bay Area Video Coalition and the programs they offer on their website!

Thanks,

Jazmin Jones

What a cool teacher…

Wut wut!

I’m one year natural! Watch this!!

Who’s going to the Oakland Art Murmur tonight?!?

I’ll be out there creating blog content and behind the scenes photos for the First Friday Film. N’Jeri Eaton and Mario Furloni are creating an awesome, indie documentary about Oakland and supporting local artists (like me!!) in the process.

Check out the trailer and say what’s up if you see me on the streets! I’ll probably take your picture :)

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