GOOD HAIR

Year: 2009
USA: Roadside Attractions
UK: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Sandra 'Pepa' Denton aka Salt-N-Pepa, Eve, Melyssa Ford, Meagan Good, Andre Harrell, Ice-T, Cheryl 'Salt' James aka Salt-N-Pepa, Sarah Jones, KRS-One, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, T-Pain, Raven-Symone, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Al Sharpton, Tracie Thoms, Kerry Washington
Director: Jeff Stilson
Country: USA
USA & UK: 95 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for some language including sex and drug references, and brief partial nudity
UK Certificate: 12A contains strong language and moderate sex references
USA Release Date: 23 October 2009
USA Release Date: 9 October 2009
UK Release Date: 25 June 2010 (Limited Release - London, West End)

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Synopsis

Helmed by Chris Rock, GOOD HAIR is an expose of comic proportions as beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples are visited revealing the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

Director Jeff Stilson follows Chris Rock on this raucous adventure prompted by Rock's daughter approaching him and asking, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" Hair care professionals, beauty shop and barbershop patrons, as well as celebrities including Ice-T, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symone, Maya Angelou, Salt n Pepa, Eve 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.

GOOD HAIR marks a reunion of the team behind Rock's acclaimed and Emmy® Award winning HBO series THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW, including producer Nelson George, writer-director Jeff Stilson, writers Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar. The film is produced by Chris Rock and Kevin O'Donnell.