VIDEO: Bad Hair to screen at Vancouver Queer Film Fest

Xtra talks with the film’s Venezuelan directors

By Xtra Editor • August 10, 2014 1:00 pm EDT

Daily Xtra sits down with Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás to talk about their film Bad Hair (Pelo Malo).

Xtra talked with Venezuelan filmmakers Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás about their film Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) and its nine-year-old hero’s determination to shine, regardless of the family and social forces that would force him to conform.

Watch our video interview above.

Bad Hair screens Sunday, Aug 17, at 9pm at the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W Hastings St.

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