Good Hair Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Dec. 4, 2009

Good Hair

Release Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 Limited

Chris Rock, Lance Crouther, Jeff Stilson, Chuck Sklar

PG-13 Documentary N/A

3.3

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Plot

What's the story about?

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! Director Jeff Stilson's camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture. An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair 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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Good Hair.

Chris Rock
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Crew Behind the Film

The Good Hair behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Lance Crouther last wrote The Black Version.

Director: Jeff Stilson
Screenwriters: Lance Crouther
Chuck Sklar
Producer: Chris Rock

Studio: Roadside Attractions
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some language including sex and drug references, and brief partial nudity
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Official Good Hair movie trailers and clips.

Documentary

Good Hair Theatrical Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Good Hair movie production.

Production Updates

Aug 2009

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Good Hair was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, October 9, 2009. in around 185 theaters There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including Couples Retreat, An Education and Trucker. As a limited release, Good Hair was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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