The UCSB Multicultural Center will present the film screening of "Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)' on May 6. Courtesy photo.
SANTA BARBARA — The UCSB Multicultural Center will present the film screening of “Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 at the MCC Theater.
Junior is nine years old and has curly hair, or “bad hair.” He wants to straighten his hair for his yearbook picture. Junior’s obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his mother. She finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior’s personality and tries to induce him into “macho” ways, convinced his obsessions are in fact signs of his undefined sexuality.
Pelo Malo is a Venezuelan film that addresses race, intolerance, hair and sexuality in Latin America. 93 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles, 2013, Venezuela.
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