Before the world premiere of Bad Hair at Sundance, Justin Simien stepped out on in front of a packed house at the Ray Theater and gushed about his love for films like Carrie and Rosemary’s Ba…
plays Anna Bludso, who had a traumatic experience during her childhood when her scalp was burned from a mild relaxer perm. Fast forward to her adult life and she is working at a music video TV show called Culture, which is drenched in synthetic fabrics, ’90s hip hop flair and New Jack Swing. Amidst women in broad-shouldered blouses, her life is turned upside down when her dreadlocked boss is replaced by Zora , a vicious ex-supermodel who looks to switch things up.
“The movie took on something bigger than me and I went with that,” said Simien after the screening during the Q&A with the cast., who stars in the film, was involved with it from the very beginning and she adds to that sentiment saying that Simien made a beautiful blueprint for the women in the film to work with.
Lorraine, who gives a breakout performance as Anna, talked about how she connected with the film as there are similar experiences that Anna had that she could relate to. “I dove deep into my personal experience and look at the journey…while we were shooting I took everything seriously. Everything was true and detrimental to Anna — and that’s where I lived in my life when we were shooting.”
Waithe chimed in, “When we watch it, it’s for us. I don’t know a black woman who can watch this and not relate to it. It’s beautiful how it comes together and how we choose to conform or to stand out.”
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