Beyond Beauty (2016)

Inside Brazil's Favelas and the Rise of the New Afro Hair Movement (2x2)

Air date: Oct 06, 2016

Our favourite tattoo-covered alien princess meets a brave new generation of young black women challenging racial discrimination - redefining the city's beauty ideals through the Afro Hair Movement and reclaiming their cultural identity. From a former beauty queen who was stripped of her crown for being too dark skinned to exploring a range of creatives changing the cultural landscape in the favelas - Grace discovers the women expressing individual beauty.