When Chris Rocks daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, Daddy, how come I don't have good hair? the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head! Director Jeff Stilsons camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture.An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughters question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesnt always benefit the black community and little Lolas question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.
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I have to agree with Thakozhani.. for her comment.. I think ALL black women mostly need to watch this movie...its so wicked how to see how "black hair" is made up.. and how much we spend on hair!!!..pep saying 5,000 Oh hell's to the NO!!! I cant believe the guy talking bout the chemical in a relaxer how.. it burned thru the chicken.. OMG Thank God I'm natural
Christ should stop being rude and upfront, not all women that are brown have 'nappy hair', I think he ought to have taken a moment and explained/showed the different types of hair. What about people from Somalia they have very soft hair and straight too and they are africans. I myself have quite soft hair and Im not mixed at all, nor is there direct ancestry which is mixed.
Wow, There is someone in this world that finally broke the silence about african hair textures. You are correct, Somali people do generally have soft wavy or loose curls. But this doesn't go for all somalis but majority of them. This applies to most east Africans ex: Somalis, Ethios, Eritris, Djboutis.
I'M A PROUD EAST-AFRICAN WHO HAS SOFT CURLY HAIR AND SO DOES MY FAMILY AND IS BORN AND RAISED IN EUROPE BUT I'M STILL AFRICAN! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S STILL CAUGHT UP ON THE SLAVERLY THING AND SUFFERS FROM WILLER SYNDROM THINGY !!! YOU're MAKING A BIG DEAL OF ME SAYING THAT ALL BLACK PEOPLE HAVE NOT NAPPY HAIR BUT I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH YOU SAYING THAT EAST'AFRICAN ARE NOT BLACK ENOUGH , BUT ATLEAST MY STATEMENT IS TRUE YOU RETARD
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after watching this movie i have a new appreciation for my hair...