Good Hair

Good Hair (2009)

PG-13 23 Oct 2009 • Documentary, Comedy • 1h 36m
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Chris Rock, a man with two daughters, asks about good hair, as defined by Black Americans, mostly Black women. He visits Bronner Brothers' annual hair convention in Atlanta. He tells us about sodium hydroxide, a toxin used to relax hair. He looks at weaves, and he travels to India where tonsure ceremonies produce much of the hair sold in America. A weave is expensive: he asks who makes the money. We visit salons and barbershops, central to the Black community. Rock asks men if they can touch their mates' hair - no, it's decoration. Various talking heads (many of them women with good hair) comment. It's about self image. Maya Angelou and Tracie Thoms provide perspective.

Jeff Stilson
Director
Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther
Writer
Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Al Sharpton
Starring

Language: English
Awards: 4 wins & 10 nominations
Country: United States
Metacritic Score: 72
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $4,157,223

6.9

IMDb (6244 votes)
94%
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