Dubheasa Lanipekun

In a near-future world where plummeting birth rates have turned fertility into a ruthless, multi‑billion‑dollar industry, The Mother of Perfect Fertility Clinic fiercely guards its proprietary reproductive tech. Diana has wanted one thing for as long as she can remember, to become a mother. When she’s accepted into The Mother of Perfect's coveted program, it feels like she’s finally been chosen for a miracle. The clinic assigns her a “fertility Mother,” Kate, who guides her through checkups and protocols designed to protect the clinic’s patented technology, and to ensure only the “right” parents and babies make it through. But at what should be a routine appointment, Diana’s future is abruptly revoked. As she is deemed “unworthy” of becoming A Mother of Perfect.

After her family falls on hard times, Elizabeth starts styling her classmates' hair at break time to earn money. As the wider world bleeds into their understanding of their place within it, classroom politics and tensions come to a head in a teenage friendship close to sisterhood that starts to show cracks. Friends Tobi, Nana and Elizabeth reckon with lessons they teach each other, as they seek to understand themselves. A sensitive and intimate portrait of South London girlhood, and how beauty culture as well as race and gender politics get discussed in chaotic adolescence.

In a near-future world where plummeting birth rates have turned fertility into a ruthless, multi‑billion‑dollar industry, The Mother of Perfect Fertility Clinic fiercely guards its proprietary reproductive tech. Diana has wanted one thing for as long as she can remember, to become a mother. When she’s accepted into The Mother of Perfect's coveted program, it feels like she’s finally been chosen for a miracle. The clinic assigns her a “fertility Mother,” Kate, who guides her through checkups and protocols designed to protect the clinic’s patented technology, and to ensure only the “right” parents and babies make it through. But at what should be a routine appointment, Diana’s future is abruptly revoked. As she is deemed “unworthy” of becoming A Mother of Perfect.

After her family falls on hard times, Elizabeth starts styling her classmates' hair at break time to earn money. As the wider world bleeds into their understanding of their place within it, classroom politics and tensions come to a head in a teenage friendship close to sisterhood that starts to show cracks. Friends Tobi, Nana and Elizabeth reckon with lessons they teach each other, as they seek to understand themselves. A sensitive and intimate portrait of South London girlhood, and how beauty culture as well as race and gender politics get discussed in chaotic adolescence.

After her family falls on hard times, Elizabeth starts styling her classmates' hair at break time to earn money. As the wider world bleeds into their understanding of their place within it, classroom politics and tensions come to a head in a teenage friendship close to sisterhood that starts to show cracks. Friends Tobi, Nana and Elizabeth reckon with lessons they teach each other, as they seek to understand themselves. A sensitive and intimate portrait of South London girlhood, and how beauty culture as well as race and gender politics get discussed in chaotic adolescence.