@YELLIT! FROM THE MOUNTAIN - WITH CURLY HAIR ARTIST FATIMA YORK
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YELLIT! FROM THE MOUNTAIN is a show with and by Black artists in the performing arts. Since the death of George Floyd and the revival of the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement, the discussion about racism and structural racism has been reignited worldwide.
The web talk show YELLIT! FROM THE MOUNTAIN was relaunched with the MET Film School Berlin 2023 for the 4th season. The show features six influential female artists from the film scene talking about their lives, their work and their love of film. In the episode HAIR CARE, Benita Bailey talks to Curl Specialist Fatima York about Black Hair Politics & Film.
With director Benita Bailey and curl specialist Fatima York in attendance
@YELLIT! FROM THE MOUNTAIN - WITH CURLY HAIR ARTIST FATIMA YORK Direction: Benita Bailey, digital, OmU, 48 min
Guests
Benita Bailey is an actress, theatre & film maker and lecturer. She studied International Relations and African Studies at the University of Leipzig and in Hong Kong as well as acting in Berlin. She has worked for the UN in New York and for the German government in Beijing and Berlin. She is currently developing her first feature film and, since July 2020, the show #yellit on YT, in which she presents Black artists. In 2023, Bailey founded the black film production company JABESA Films with Jane Chirwa and is a board member of Schwarze Filmschaffende e.V.. She can currently be seen alongside Bastian Pastewka in the comedy "Alles Gelogen", which celebrated its TV premiere on 5 September 2024.
From Brooklyn to Atlanta to Berlin, Fatima York has opened multiple salons, educated fellow hairdressers and curl owners, and advocated for textured haircare and wellness. In her 28 year career, York attended two cosmetology schools – neither of which offered textured hair education. Fatima York has grasped the importance of curly hair education and is moving the conversations forward in Germany. Through her salon Natural Hair Berlin, the curly hair specialist and self love coach also offers outreach activities and workshops to share her valuable knowledge. One of her ongoing projects around advocating for natural hair is Crowns, a celebration and exploration of African hair art.