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"The Untold Isis Brantley Story" Selected for Screening at Black Film Festival in Atlanta - DW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  DALLAS, Texas, October 22, 2022  CONTACT  NATURALLY ISIS, LLC. / Isis Brantley (214)329-3820  DALLAS, Texas – Isis Brantley, a native of South Dallas, cultural activist, and iconic black natural hair care matriarch and freedom fighter, produced a short film in 2021 based on the true story of her arrest for braiding hair without a license. She is the only braider in the world jailed on such a charge. Her “passion film” production was set in Atlanta; shooting began in 2019 and was wrapped in January 2021. Black Film Festival Atlanta   (blackfilmfestivalatlanta.com) just informed Brantley of

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