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Hayley Kiyoko Makes Directorial Debut With Queer Romance Film 'Girls Like Girls'

Emma Specter

2d ago· 7 min readen

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Hayley Kiyoko makes her directorial debut with Girls Like Girls, a film adaptation of her hit single and YA book. The story follows Coley, a shy high school student who moves to a small Oregon town after her mother's death and falls for local dance star Sonya. The film addresses the lack of queer women of color in prominent movie roles. Kiyoko discusses working with stylist Avigail Collins on a custom look for the premiere, her aspirations to continue directing while scoring her own films, and creating the love story she wished she'd seen growing up.

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There is a wealth of great queer movies out there, but regrettably few of them feature women of color in prominent roles—and even fewer have one queer woman of color falling in love with another.

Kiyoko spoke to Vogue about working with stylist Avigail Collins on a custom look for the film's Los Angeles premiere.

She discussed making the love story she wishes she'd seen growing up.

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Vogue spoke to Kiyoko about working with stylist Avigail Collins on a custom look for the film’s Los Angeles premiere, her dreams of continuing to direct while scoring her own films, and making the love story she wishes she’d seen growing up.

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