Afro Archives Episode Ten: Why Go Natural With Your Hair? “Why Go Natural With Your Hair?” “It’s important to go natural because it’s who we are…let loose…let ourselves out…just be you” – says actress Alice Fofana. I wanted to ask this question “ Why Go Natural With Your Hair?” for our October release because it […]
Afro Archives Episode Nine: What Do You Do After You’ve Washed Your Hair? What Do You Do After You’ve Washed Your Hair? Shrinking hair, flexible hair, shiny, soft, fresh, bouncy – leave-in conditioner, no conditioner, blow-dry or shake it and go. Such variety among the actors in Afro Archives Episode Nine as we describe what we do […]
Afro Archives Episode Eight: How Do You Take Your Hair To Work? How Do You Take Your Hair To Work? A reveal into the world of extensions and wigs. The fixable practice of hair for beauty and health reasons. I think of this part of the hair experience as being a secret world. You have to […]
What Do You Do With Your Hair For TV and Film Work? Hair Continuity…Afro Archives Episode Six I explored the practicalities of working on screen in Afro Archives Episode Six. TV and films are made sometimes involving scenes being shot out of sequence. There are also possibly re-takes over a period of time. A key part of […]
Afro Archives Episode Five: “What Do you Do With Your Hair For Theatre Rehearsals?” An actor in theatre rehearsals, wants to be free. We do not want to think about our hair. As the practicalities are discussed by the actors on what they do in theatre rehearsals with their afro-textured hair, to manage frizz and […]
Afro Archives Episode Four: What Do You Hate About Your Hair and Being An Actor? Our Hair is Not Our Own A common view that I found came out on Afro Archives Episode Four is that as an actor, our hair is not our own. Changing our hair, means getting new acting headshots. When we […]
Twelve Episodes of Actors Chatting Hair – different topics, ideas & views. Episode One: True or False? Your Hair Represents Who You Are Our hair. We are born with it, and there is absolutely nothing we can do to change our natural hair texture. In an article dated 24th January 2014 “The Changing Business of […]
Hair is a surprisingly powerful thing. It can delight us. Empower us. Completely and utterly frustrate us. It can tell others what to think of us, without saying a word. Due to the endless possibilities of hair, and the politics, Afro Archives was born. The Afro Archives project is about heritage and identity within UK society. It […]
