24th july Good Hair

Good Hair

Today the whole class went to see Good hair in ritz brixton.Good Hair is a 2009 American comedy documentary film produced by Chris Rock Productions and HBO Films.The film is about African American women's hair, including the styling industry the acceptable look of African American women's hair in society, were do are hair come from.

The film is good it has a lot of sexism and judgment but this causes the humour
The film made me think about what I put on my hair when I relax it. Theirs scenes that shows when woman buys hair that is not black to be more like another race, in order to be "beautiful".
I never even thought about the fact that these women are buying hair from women in India (who don't even know their hair is being sold sometimes) to make them look good.
The thing that shocked me was when a group of African-American women say they would not take another woman seriously on a job interview if she had 'nappy hair' - that "nappy" hair with a suit is a contradiction. Nappy means tough black hair.

The scene that got me thinking was when Chris rock went to hair shops trying to sale black hair and got turned down in every shop.There was too much sexism & judgement from the men. It's very easy for them to judge when they don’t have much hair themselves. They can just go bald or very short. If they were required (for the sake of good looks) to have long hair, I'm sure they would do the same thing. Buying loads of products, not letting people touch their hair the list goes on.

Chris Rock interview lots celebrities and businesspeople from hair care industry such as Ice-T, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, T-Pain, Raven-Symoné, Maya Angelou, KRS-One, Salt-n-Pepa, Kerry Washington, Eve, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Meagan Good as they discuss their own experiences with their hair, and how black hair is perceived in the black community.