Hackney film Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine longlisted for BAFTA
“We didn’t expect it. You should have seen me that day when they told me – I think I went into shock,” she said. The film draws comparisons to the real-life case of Ruby Williams, a former schoolgirl sent home from Hackney's Urswick School for the length of her afro hair. Ruby’s case was picked up by national news as she, and her family, battled against the school’s uniform policy in 2020, later receiving an £8,500 payout from the school. Doyin Ajiboye stars as Dọlápọ̀ in the short film Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine. - Credit: Helen Murray
Source: hackneygazette.co.uk