Good Hair
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jeff Stilson
A.l Kishore Kumar
Freddie J
Loryn Keeble
Mr. Esp Murali
Melyssa Ford
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to searching 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. Rock 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 daughter's question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn't always benefit the black community, and little Lola's 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.
Director
Jeff Stilson
Cast
A.l Kishore Kumar
Freddie J
Loryn Keeble
Mr. Esp Murali
Melyssa Ford
Willie Morrow
Salli Richardson
Monika Murali
Dave Ray
Jessica Dickerson
Bernard Bronner
Jailyn Minor
Meagan Good
Nia Long
Sarah Jones
Derek J
Aujoneih Banks
Sheila Bridges
Elgin Charles
Eunice Dudley
Sammy Jones
Kevin Kirk
Tracie Thoms
Melanye Maclin-carroll
Marvet Britto
Rhonda Cowan
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Patric Bradley
Lauren London
Reverend Al Sharpton
Tanya Crumel
Eric Bias
Tyler Wheeler
Vijay Madupali Gupta
Warren Berry
Valerie Price
Joe Dudley
Sujani Varma
Chris Rock
Jason Griggers
Mamie Bell
Maya Angelou
Veronica Forbes
Paris Kelley
A'lelia Bundles
Paul Mooney
Andre Harrell
Scott Julion
Brittanica Stewart
Crew
Sandy Abernathy
Eric Alexander
Tim Alexander
Judy Aley
Mildred Anderson
Mildred Anderson
Maya Angelou
Michele Aristy
Otto Arsenault
Joy Askew
Piper Bagley
Warren Berry
Eric Bias
Tony Blades
Heather Bloom
P. J. Bloom
Todd Bozung
Dow Brain
Sheila Bridges
Marvet Britto
Bernard Bronner
Simon Brown
Frankie Brunson
Rusty Bryant
Rusty Bryant
A'lelia Bundles
Kevin Cafferty
Zachery Cagle
Hadley Calliman
Hadley Calliman
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Pat Campbell
Tim Canaday
Darren Cardoza
James Carter
Brick Casey
Cliff Charles
Cliff Charles
Elgin Charles
Brandt Clark
Noah Clark
Sonny Clark
Susan Conradi
Bill Cosby
Rhonda Cowan
Lance Crouther
Karen Dahl
Deyon Davis
Deyon Davis
Scoop Deville
Kerwin Devonish
Jacob Diaz
Eunice Dudley
Joe Dudley
Cyndra Dunn
Michael Farka
Lance Ferguson
Patricia Fernandez
Veronica Forbes
Melyssa Ford
Thomas Foyer
Nelson George
James Giles
Tracy Giles
Tim Glum
Tammy Golden
Meagan Good
Vijay Madupali Gupta
Michael Haines
Ross Hansberger
Andre Harrell
Edward Harris Jr.
Jana Harris
Milt Harris
Dan Hastie
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Mark Henderson
Mark Henderson
Reginald Holt
Daniel Holter
Takamasa Honda
Bess Houston
Jenny Hunter
Joel Ides
David Isaac
David Isaac
O'kelley Isley
Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley
Shernaz Italia
Robert C Jackson
Sylvia Jackson
Kalynn Jenkins
Kalynn Jenkins
Dale Jennings
Adam Jones
Quincy Jones
Sarah Jones
Christopher Joseph
Christopher Joseph
Scott Julion
Glen Kantziper
David Kater
David Kater
John Kelly
Stewart Killen
Sean Kim
Sam Kissey
Dean Krippaehne
Dean Krippaehne
Nandha Kumar
Ryan Kushner
Ryan Kushner
Mecca Lewis
Pearl Lieberman
Canyon Lindley
Brett Lofthus
Lauren London
Guy Long
Guy Long
Nia Long
James W Machowski
Travis Mackay
Melanye Maclin-carroll
Paul Marchand
Paul Marchand
Mike Mauloff
Terry Mcallister
Don Mccampbell
Vincent Mcewan
David Mcjunkin
Jeremy Mckibben
Allan Mcleod
Doug Miller
Marcus Miller
Jailyn Minor
Richard G Mitchell
Elijah Molina
Paul Mooney
Asami Morita
Willie Morrow
Crescent Muhammad
Justin Myracks
Justin Myracks
Takuya Nakamura
Greg Nash
Nicole Nelch
Demetrius Newton Jr.
Khamisi Norwood
Sara Novak
Kevin O'donnell
Kevin O'donnell
Timothy O'malley
Desiree Ortiz
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Robert O¿bryant
Robert O¿bryant
Sean O¿shea
Winfield Parker
Winfield Parker
Valerie Price
Mike Prichard
Tara Purnell
Anand Bhaskar Rao
Salli Richardson
Sergio Rios
Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Chris Rock
Allen Rosen
Stanfred Rouse
Keegan Sacko
Anola Seibert
George Semper
George Semper
Reverend Al Sharpton
Leslie Shatz
Sirsa Shekim
Bob Shoemaker
Geordy Sincavage
Chuck Sklar
Jeremy Sklar
Amber Smith
Matt Smith
Doug Spak
Casey L Staton
Jeff Stilson
Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
Stefon Taylor
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
Eric Thompson
Tracie Thoms
Callie Thurman
Thomas Torres Jr.
Simon Ward
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States October 9, 2009
Released in United States Fall October 9, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 16, 2010
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States September 2009
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (Spotlight Screening) September 23-27, 2009.
Limited Release in United States October 9, 2009
Released in United States Fall October 9, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 16, 2010
Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 15-25, 2009.)
Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (Spotlight Screening) September 23-27, 2009.)
