Everywhere, girls struggle to live up to their culture’s - and mother’s - standards of beauty. Through visual poetry found and recorded from her origins in the American Midwest, modest fashion icon Halima Aden reflects on what it means to both fit-in and stand-out.
Written and Performed by Halima Aden
Produced by Mohamed Mohamed Mido Warsame & Hamse Warfa
Cinematography and Editing by James Christenson
Sound Editing & Mixing by Jonathan Camp
Music by Hanan Townshend Composer - "Spotlights"
Directed by James Christenson
Everywhere, girls struggle to live up to their culture’s standards of beauty. Sometimes it's her own mother who defines that standard. Through visual poetry found and recorded from her origins in the American Midwest, modest fashion icon Halima Aden reflects on what it means to both fit-in and stand-out.
Distributed by Rumee Network
Directed by James Christenson | Written by Halima Aden | Produced by Hamse Warfa and Mido Warsame | Music by Hanan Townshend