Good Hair (2009)
Director
Jeff Stilson
Main cast
Maya Angelou; Chris Rock; Nia Long; Vanessa Bell Calloway; Ice-T
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Description
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.
Jeff Stilson
Main cast
Maya Angelou; Chris Rock; Nia Long; Vanessa Bell Calloway; Ice-T
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Description
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.
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