Head to Head - Part 1: Identity (2020)

Through the process of tracing the path of human hair - from women in India sacrificing their hair for the gods to young women in America experiencing hair loss - the three sisters behind this film unfurl deeper questions about the human social experience. We are forced to ask ourselves what we are hiding about ourselves for the simple hope of “fitting in”. And how far would we go to keep it under wraps. The women in this film experience traumatic blows to their self-image after unexpectedly losing their hair. Although they all experience subsequent mental health, relationship, financial, and social impacts, they individually cope with these challenges in dramatically different ways. The filmmaker also grapples with her own identity and what it means to be authentic.