Permanent
The year 1982 and Aurelie, Jeanne and Jim Dickson (the newcomers), move to southern Georgia where they are the only ones who can get Farrah Fawcett-style curls. AURELIE, a pre-teen, begs her parents to get a permanent (known as a perm outside of the south) in hopes that she will have beautiful curly hair. However, her parents decide to take her to Beauty School rather than to a salon, and disaster follows. The perm is accidentally set by a bored Student-Beautician, which results in Aurelie losing her social life and hair follicles. Aurelie, a gawky, but endearing, young girl, struggles to navigate junior high. Some kids refer to her afro as an “afro”, and then they throw everything at her from dodgeballs to epithets. –Brigid Marsh
Genre: Comedy
Director: Colette Burson
Actors: Aidan Fiske, Kira McLean, Michael Greene, Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson
Country: United States