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.
| Directing | Alan Ball | Director |
| Writing | Alan Ball | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alicia Erian | Novel |
| Production | Ted Hope | Producer |
| Production | Alan Ball | Producer |
| Production | Anne Carey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Newton Thomas Sigel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Andy Keir | Editor |
| Art | James Chinlund | Production Design |
| Art | Fainche MacCarthy | Set Decoration |
| Art | Raymond Consing | Storyboard Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danny Glicker | Costume Design |
| Sound | Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Libby Goldstein | Casting |
| Production | Peggy Rajski | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Samson Mucke | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Christina Jokanovich | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Lou Simon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Elizabeth Himelstein | Dialect Coach |
| Art | Alexander Wei | Art Direction |
| Art | Jeff Mossa | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Diana Goodwin | Art Department Coordinator |
| Camera | Geoff Wing Shotz | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Geoff Wing Shotz | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Dale Robinette | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Mark Weingarten | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Lawrence L. Commans | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Bob E. Krattiger | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Bobby Wotherspoon | Gaffer |
| Crew | J.D. Streett | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cheryl Scarano | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabeth Fry | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Rebert | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | JoAnn Stafford-Chaney | Hair Department Head |
| Directing | Tracy Scott | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Alasdair Boyd | Location Manager |
| Production | Julie Tucker | Casting |
| Production | Ross Meyerson | Casting Associate |
| Art | Roger Kelton | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Jonathan Ferrantelli | Post Production Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Louis Morin | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Marlena Grzaslewicz | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Avram D. Gold | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ira Spiegel | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Mariusz Glabinski | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Andy Kris | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Pederson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Brad Sherman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas Vicari | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Dan Korintus | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Ritchie Kremer | Property Master |
