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Matthew Cherry’s ‘Hair Love’ Receives Well Deserved Oscar Nomination | Because of Them We Can

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020African American Cinema, African American Film

Hair Love, the popular children’s book turned animated short by former NFL player, Matthew Cherry, gets nominated for an Oscar, USA Today reports. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] We first wrote about Cherry and his budding animated short in 2017. The NFL player turned filmmaker was on a mission to highlight the relationship between Black fathers and daughters […]

Best-Selling Illustrator Vashti Harrison Adds To #BlackHairChallenge In Support Of Gabrielle Union | Essence

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019African American Culture, Natural Hair

Harrison’s gorgeous illustrations show the versatility of Black women’s hair. Union was recently dropped as a judge on “America’s Got Challenge” amid criticism of her hairstyles being “too Black.”

Dad and daughter need a little help in this super relatable clip from Matthew Cherry’s animated short “Hair Love” | AV Club

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019African American Culture, KINDR'D ...

Shannon Miller, AV Club Image: Penguin Kids (YouTube). Featured Image [dropcap]Audiences[/dropcap] who plan on checking out The Angry Birds Movie 2 in theaters this weekend will also get to watch “Hair Love,” the animated short film by filmmaker Matthew Cherry and executive-produced by Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Frank Abney (Toy Story 4). […]