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A one-hour, first-person documentary about trichotillomania – the compulsion to pull out one’s hair. The film is directed by Jennifer Raikes, a producer at Middlemarch, who has lived with this disorder since childhood.
SYNOPSIS Millions of people from infants to grandparents, experience an uncontrollable compulsion to pull out their hair, strand by strand, resulting in bare spots or even total baldness. Hair-pulling most often strikes girls on the verge of adolescence, and it often lasts a lifetime. Approximately 2% of Americans suffer from this disorder, called trichotillomania. So why have so few heard of it? Bad Hair Life is a first-person documentary exploring this often deeply secretive disorder. The documentary presents intimate portraits of people at different stages of coping with hair pulling. Using art, photography and interviews, the film examines the importance of hair to our identities and the cultural forces that make this disorder feel shameful.
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Produced, Written and Directed by Jennifer Raikes DISTRIBUTED BY: Fanlight www.fanlight.com FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FILM OR TRICHOTILLOMANIA: www.trich.org
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