“We don’t get to system and structural by being nicer to each other.”

— Professor Tanya Katerí Hernández

I Feel Pretty Sizzle Reel

I Feel Pretty is a feature length documentary film examining Anti-Black bias in the Latine community through the lens of an Afro-Puerto Rican woman transitioning to her natural hair.

Meet the Team

  • Cynthia Bastidas

    DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

  • Flor de Oro Tejada

    PRODUCER

Our collaborators

  • Sulma Arzu-Brown

    author, activist

  • Carolina Contreras

    entrepreneur, activist

  • Tanya Katerí Hernández

    professor, author

  • Tamara J Walker

    historian, author

“I just love the ripple effect that loving your hair causes.”

— Carolina Contreras