Ayoka Chenzira

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People

1985

Collage of overlapping faces with varied expressions, including large eyes and smiling mouths.
Collage of overlapping faces with varied expressions, including large eyes and smiling mouths.

Ayoka Chenzira, Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People, 1985. 16mm film, color, sound, 10 min., transferred to video, aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2014.42. © Courtesy of Women Make Movies

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Date
1985

Classification
Film

Medium
16mm film, color, sound, 10 min., transferred to video

Dimensions
Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Accession number
2014.42

Edition
Uneditioned

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Courtesy of Women Make Movies

API
artworks/44128




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