JaJa's African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh at MCC - Penn Valley

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in Harlem is a salon full of funny, whip-smart, talented women ready to make you look and feel nice-nice. On this particularly muggy summer day, Jaja’s rule-following daughter Marie is running the shop while her mother prepares for her courthouse, green-card wedding—to a man no one seems to particularly like. Dreamer Marie is trying to secure her future; she’s just graduated high school and all she wants to do is go to college. News pierces the hearts of the women of the salon, galvanizing their connections and strengthening the community they have longed to make in the United States.