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You haven’t read Push? Read it now
Director Lee Daniels’ adaptation of Sapphire’s critically acclaimed novel, Push,
Daniels also produced Monster’s Ball, which means he was the first African American sole producer of an Academy Award–winning film. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m sure there is even more to say, but one Sundance hype film this year is Chris Rock’s documentary Good Hair. This story nicely segues with my previous post about identity and visual role models. (Okay, it was actually about Obama daughter dolls, but really).
According to Rock’s publicity:
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 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!
I have sneaking suspicion Rock knows, but I’m interested in seeing the film anyway!
Bellasugar has a nice definition of good hair, just in case you were wondering.
