Good Hair Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 4, 2009

Good Hair

Release Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 Limited

Director: Jeff Stilson

Starring: Chris Rock

PG-13 Documentary N/A

3.33 / 5.0

82% WILL SEE 18% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: 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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Who stars in Good Hair – Cast List

Chris Rock
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Who is making Good Hair – Crew List

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

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

Studio: Roadside Attractions
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Good Hair

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Aug 2009

Completed

Changed Good Hair movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent 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

Good Hair Trailers and Clips

Good Hair

Theatrical Trailer

Good Hair Release Date: When was the film released?

Good Hair was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, October 9 , 2009. The film was released in approximately 185 theaters. There were 12 12 other movies released on the same date, including Couples Retreat, Bronson and From Mexico with Love. As a limited release, Good Hair was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.