JONATHAN JOHNSON
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A Story from Shaba's Family Hairstyling  (2020, USA/Thailand)

Experimental documentary short, 2 mins, HD video, color, sound, English or Spanish subtitles
Synopsis: Shaba Johnson started the first Asian-owned beauty shop in St. Paul, Minnesota during a period of refugee influx.  Her shop became an informal gathering place.  This is one of a series of experimental documentaries that recalls a single customer's story of migration.
Screenings: Image Ohio 2021 @ ROY G BIV Gallery  (Columbus, Ohio-USA), Microcinema @ Coop Gallery (Nashville, Tennessee-USA), Mimesis Documentary Festival (Boulder, Colorado-USA), A Watched Pot Always Boils (Roseburg, Oregon-USA), Biennale - Le festival international du film minute et de court-métrage de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France) - finalist, Saigon Experimental Film Festival (Saigon, Vietnam), Homeworks @ Ohio Art League (Columbus, Ohio-USA)
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© Jonathan Johnson 2021


  • Home
  • FILM
    • Forest Language
    • A Story From Shaba's Family Hairstyling
    • I'm Listening, I'm Listening
    • Low Season
    • River Ghosts
    • Flee
    • Mountain Funeral
    • Archival Footage Experimental Films
    • Home Projections (work in progress)
    • The Great Garden (work in progress)
  • Photography
    • The Space Between Two Rocks
    • Backyard Topographic
    • Excerpts from Low Season and Green Country
    • Invisible Being
    • Buildings of Skagaströnd
    • Sky Grid
    • Walking Paths of Saxnäs
    • Collage and Postcard
    • Húnaflói
    • Photo Zines
    • Untitled (in progress)
  • about
    • news+exhibitions
    • art practice
    • purchase+contact me
    • More >
      • Collaborations + Teaching
      • Paw Paw Press