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