Back to Natural
Back to Natural is a 69-minute documentary film that reveals the shocking truth about hair, politics, and racial identity in Black communities and beyond. Directed by New York City based Clinical Psychologist Gillian Scott-Ward, the film was inspired by the work she was doing in her clinical practice and her own drive to go natural. Executively produced by Marquis Smalls and produced by Dominic Ward, Back to Natural is a powerful call for healing that takes a grassroots approach to exploring the globalized policing of natural Black hair.
Filmed in New York City, Philadelphia, Paris, And Cape Town, this documentary explores universal aspects of the Black experience and the "New" Natural Hair movement. Join us on this journey of discovery and enlightenment while celebrating our history and natural styles that are taking the world by storm.
SCREENINGS
Black Star International Film Festival
Saturday, August 11, 2018, 7:30pm
Silverbird Cinema in Accra Mall, Ghana
African World Festival
Saturday, August 18th 2018. Evening, see website for details.
Charles H. Wright Museum Theatre, 315 E Warren Ave Detroit, MI 48202
Urban Film Festival
August 31, 2018 - September 2nd 2018
Historic Overtown Miami, FL
I Will Tell Film Festival
Saturday, September 8th, 2018 13:00 – 15:00 BST
ELIM, Leytonstone Hainault Road London E11 1EL (nearest tube station, Leytonstone on the Central Line)
The Women of African Descent Film Festival
Saturday June 2nd 11:15am
Billie Holiday Theatre 1368 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
The People’s Film Festival
June 2nd, 2018 2pm
Maysles Cinema 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027
Festival International du Film Pan-Africain de Cannes
April 18th to the 22nd, 2018
THEATRE ALEXANDRE III 19 Boulevard Alexandre III Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
Sunday, April 22, at 3:00 PM
The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Avenue S. Seattle, WA 98144
Black Market and Film Festival
Saturday, 5th May, 2018 at 13:30
West Green Learning Centre@ Parkview Academy, West Green Road, London N15 3QR, United Kingdom
New York Independent Film Festival
May 9, 2018 9:00pm
Producers Club - Theater S, 358 West 44 Street New York, NY 10036
RapidLion Film Festival
Monday, 5th March 2018, 16h30
Market Theatre, 56 Margaret Mcingana St, Newtown, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa
Pan African Film and Art’s Festival
February 15, 17 & 18th, 2018
Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw 15, 3650 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Los Angeles Ca. 90008
Teaneck International Film Festival
Saturday, November 4th at 5:15pm
Puffin Cultural Forum 20 Puffin Way Teaneck, NJ 07666
Da Bounce Urban Film Festival- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 4th & 5th
ArenA Boulevard 600 1101 DS Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival- LA
Friday, November 3rd, 7:15pm
Laemmle's Royal Theatre 11523 Santa Monica Boulevard, 1st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Red Bull Amaphiko Film Festival 2017, South Africa
Friday, October 27th, 2017, 16:00
Johannesburg, South Africa; Braamfontein- Cinema 3
Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival- New York
Monday, October 30th at 3:30pm
Maysles Documentary Center, 343 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027
International Black Film Festival Nashville
October 5th-8th, 2017
555 Marriott Drive, Building 2 Suite 315 Nashville, TN 37214
Recieved: Best Poster Award, Founders Award
Batimore International Black Film Festival
Friday, October 6th at 4:45pm
Carl J Murphy Fine Arts Center 2201 Argoone Dr Baltimore, MD 21218
British Urban Film Festival:
Thursday, September 7th, 4 PM - 6 PM
BT Tower, 45 Maple Street, London W1T 4JZ
Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival:
Thursday, August 10th, 1pm-2:30pm.
The Martha's Vineyard Performing Art's Center, 100 Edgartown Rd, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
Impact Doc: Award of Merit Special Mention
Back To Natural: A Documentry © Film