Carmine Pierre-Dufour

Mahalia Melts in the Rain

Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Emilie Mannering

Kaiyonni Banton-Renner, Sagine Sémajuste

Mahalia, a timid 9-year-old black girl, feels different from the other girls in her ballet class. Hoping to boost her confidence, her mother brings her to the hair salon to get her hair straightened for the very first time.

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Carmine Pierre-Dufour, Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers

Heart-broken following a break-up, Martine receives the unexpected visit of her mother, Monique. Too engrossed in her own sadness, Martine doesn’t notice right away that her mother is hiding something but, progressively, a bad feeling starts to take hold of her. During this short stay, these two very different women will have one last chance of getting closer to one another before they run out of time.