Good Hair

Good Hair (2009)
Directed by Jeff Stilson
Starring Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Andre Harrell,

Funny and entertaining documentary starring Chris Rock that digs deep into the wonders of of African American hair, the salons, the customers, the product manufacturers.

When Chris Rock's daughter asked him 'Daddy why don't I have good hair?' he went on a mission to find out who put this question in his daughters head. The film follow Chris around from Salon to Salon interviewing working class women who spend upwards of $1,000 on their hair. He visits an insane hair contest in Atlanta and interviews the makers of the top selling products. They visit manufacturer processing plants etc. We learn all about the art of the weave. Chris visits India to look at where the hair comes from for the weaves. He interviews an independant chemist and they do a lab-test on hair straightener, the #1 hair product used by African Americans, the straightener eats through a coke cans in minutes.

Rev Al Sharpton makes an appearance and is quite amusing with his tales. Maya Angelou also shines a light. The doco is informing and cute, not ground breaking or revelatory film making in any way, but worth checking out. Ice T makes a cameo and reflects his Pimp take on the whole hair issue, this had me cracking up. My good friend at Video Hut recommended this and I must say I enjoyed it. Chris doesnt dominate the documentary at all, I learned and laughed, always a good thing.

Must rent DVD.