Malia A. Dawkins

Three vegan vampires, one water nymph, two sorcerers, and one lease.

An urban take on the fairy tale "Rapunzel". It's the story of a young black girl who's being pulled by her roots into womanhood by a perm. Through her journey she gets the long hair she's always dreamed of from fairy tales, however, it comes at the cost of distance from her family and friends.

A young man reaches a critical point in his life as he struggles to navigate the changing gentrification of his neighborhood. Pressured by gangs, the temptations of easy money and the culture shifts around him in South Central he tries to figure out how to survive when everyone wants a piece of him and his neighborhood.

A girl born with one arm gets set up with a guy who has one hand - and she is pissed.

An urban take on the fairy tale "Rapunzel". It's the story of a young black girl who's being pulled by her roots into womanhood by a perm. Through her journey she gets the long hair she's always dreamed of from fairy tales, however, it comes at the cost of distance from her family and friends.