Towelhead follows the dark, bold and shockingly funny life of Jasira (Summer Bishil), a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening. When Jasira's mother sends her to Houston to live with her strict Lebanese father, she quickly learns that her new neighbours find her and her father a curiosity. Worse, her budding womanhood makes her traditional and hot-tempered father uncomfortable. Lonely in this new environment, Jasira seeks friendship and acceptance from her neighbours Mr Vuoso (Aaron Eckhart), an Army reservist, and Melina (Eugene Jones III), a meddling but caring expectant mother
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