Wanneer de vriend van haar moeder een ongezonde interesse in haar begint te vertonen wordt Jasira, een dertienjarig Amerikaans-Arabisch meisje, door haar moeder naar Texas gestuurd om bij haar Libanese vader te gaan wonen. Haar strenge vader is echter niet in staat zijn puberdochter de aandacht en liefde te geven die ze nodig heeft, noch kan hij omgaan met Jasira's tegenstrijdige gevoelens over haar snel veranderende lichaam. Amerika staat op het punt Koeweit binnen te vallen, en Jasira raakt op school steeds meer geïsoleerd als haar klasgenoten haar beginnen uit te schelden voor 'Theedoek!'. Haar eenzaamheid en haar groeiende frustratie over de tegenstrijdige regels van haar ouders drijven haar tot rebels gedrag. Daarnaast worstelt ze met haar ontluikende seksualiteit.
Nee, helaas is Towelhead nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Alan Ball | Screenplay |
| Directing | Alan Ball | Director |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ted Hope | Producer |
| Art | Fainche MacCarthy | Set Decoration |
| Production | Anne Carey | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Alicia Erian | Novel |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Andy Keir | Editor |
| Production | Alan Ball | Producer |
| Art | James Chinlund | Production Design |
| Camera | Newton Thomas Sigel | Director of Photography |
| Art | Raymond Consing | Storyboard Artist |
| Crew | Lou Simon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Elizabeth Himelstein | Dialect Coach |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Rebert | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabeth Fry | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danny Glicker | Costume Design |
| Art | Jeff Mossa | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Libby Goldstein | Casting |
| Camera | Geoff Wing Shotz | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Bobby Wotherspoon | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheryl Scarano | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Lawrence L. Commans | Boom Operator |
| Production | Christina Jokanovich | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Dale Robinette | Still Photographer |
| Crew | J.D. Streett | Special Effects |
| Art | Diana Goodwin | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Mark Weingarten | Production Sound Mixer |
| Art | Alexander Wei | Art Direction |
| Sound | Marlena Grzaslewicz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Ross Meyerson | Casting Associate |
| Production | Samson Mucke | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Geoff Wing Shotz | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Thomas Vicari | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Avram D. Gold | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ira Spiegel | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Steve Pederson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Tracy Scott | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Alasdair Boyd | Location Manager |
| Lighting | Bob E. Krattiger | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | JoAnn Stafford-Chaney | Hair Department Head |
| Crew | Jonathan Ferrantelli | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Andy Kris | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Julie Tucker | Casting |
| Sound | Brad Sherman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Louis Morin | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Mariusz Glabinski | Sound Designer |
| Art | Roger Kelton | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Dan Korintus | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Ritchie Kremer | Property Master |
