Chris Rock interview with Moving Pictures about the documentray "Good Hair"

Stars Nia Long and Chris Rock, along with producer Nelson George, talk with Moving Pictures Magazine about their documentary Good Hair, and how well this look at the world of black hair speaks to our culture.

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[cocoalovely]

cant wait to see the movie

[brendamccay]

He shoulda made a movie about Paris hilton, britney spears, jessica simpson's & Aubrey of danity kanes weave while he was at it making it seem like weave belongs to sistas only.. PLEASE. As many black women their are that wear weave, there are those who don't & when they take it out like tyra, they still have hair underneath. Kill the stereotypes please.

[FuckingStanz]

that girl charms my pants off

[pbf316]

nia long is so fine--it hurts--she has always been georgeous looking---

[scs08]

ummmm.......can u clarify what u mean by your comment?

[scs08]

i think it depends on how u care for ur hair, genes, food u eat, ur health. i find that after i stopped perming my hair it grows alot faster and its healthier. with the perm, my hair was always breaking. it overall just depends on u.

[scs08]

ppl dont think negatively about themselves cuz of a movie, they do it cuz they want to. it nice that u have long real hair, but clearly as u can see(or maybe u cant) there is a stigma that is surrounded by black hair, and obviously his daughter feels like she doesnt have it. there are black ppl that dont wear weaves but there are some that do. the movie is not sayin that all black women wear weaves, he's tryna find out in some way why they the ones who do wear weaves,wear them in the first place

[scs08]

y would we want to wear a weave with our own hair texture, thats dumb, u mite as well just leave ur hair as is. and on only about half the ppl that wear weaves wear human hair. some of it is synthetic. plus if ur hair is straightened or relaxed wearing a weave that is also straight would be ur hair texture.

[icilmaa]

I agree with what you're saying, too many of us think we can compare our experience with other women outside of our race. The fact is we have deep rooted issues which go back to slavery. At what point in our lives did we seek councelling (sp) for post traumatic syndrome we suffer due to slavery. Some of us have mended and/or mending but there still remains a hell of a lot of us who are in denial or just don't know why we are the way we are.

[icilmaa]

Yes i know isn't fair we have to wait so long, but it'll be worth it. Their will be a Q&A on the night with the filmmaker(not Chris Rock) and i believe some kind of after party. Should be an interesting evening.

[brendamccay]

Thanku, I don't really disagree there

[hellokittycutie2003]

Just to chime in a little lol. I get what you're saying. But, there is a long running stigma in our culture that no other ethnicity deals with. It's beyond, 'like...I feel...like being blonde, omg.' Y'know? Black hair IS political, whether people want to admit it or not. If it's relaxed you're sometimes judged for 'not keepin' it real,' if it's natural, 'y'know they ain't gonna hire you?' When an issue is born out of hate, it will most likely be a long running issue.