Black Actress Sues Harvard Theater Over Horrific Hair Experience

www.theroot.com: Her story revolves around the 2025 production of “The Odyssey” that was taking place at Harvard University’s American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. While there, Imoru said she was made to get cornrows in her hair as required for her role.

'Sinners' Used 287 Prosthetics and 26 Sets of Custom Fangs

variety.com: For the scene, which ends with the sunrise and the annihilation of the vampires, director Ryan Coogler submerged the cast and crew in a Louisiana lake. “There was no room for error,” says the film’s prosthetic makeup designer Michael Fontaine, who spent weeks planning, sculpting and molding castings.

'Sinners' Hair Designer on Why Texture Was Important to Sammie's Story

variety.com: Shunika Terry, the hair designer of “Sinners,” recalls the first time she saw a photo of one of the film’s stars, Miles Caton. Seeing his “locs,” she thought, “Yeah, he’s going to have to cut his hair.”

Promising Young Woman: How a Makeup Artist Transformed Carey Mulligan

Variety: As soon as Makeup Head Angie Wells received Emerald Fennell’s script for “Promising Young Woman,” she had notes to make. She noticed the different personas that Carey Mulligan’s Cassie goes through, especially when “she’s doing her hits; it wasn’t soft and pretty.”

Roots Run Deep showcases Black hair in Pittsburgh

Visual Art | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: Black hair has been the subject of discrimination and bias for centuries. Whether it is in its natural state or styled with extensions, Black people’s hair has been deemed unprofessional and unruly by many who have hiring power in today’s work industry, resulting in legislation like the CROWN "Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair" Act, which declares discrimination based on an individual’s hair illegal.