Movie Review - Good Hair - Untangling A Knotty (But Big) Business : NPR: The documentary Good Hair takes its inspiration and its title from a question comedian Chris Rock fielded one day from his 6-year-old daughter: 'How come I don't have good hair?' she wondered, a query the comedian says set him to pondering the social expectations that had put that notion into her head. Grabbing a film crew, he went in search of answers — at a hair-shaving temple, a hair-styling convention and a range of hair-raising spots in between.
He begins his quest at the Bronner Brothers Hair Show in Atlanta, where some 120,000 hair professionals show up at semiannual showcases to learn about the latest twists in straighteners, wigs, sprays and gels. Also, to watch a competitive styling contest — a sort of Follicular Follies, with everything from underwater haircutting to marching bands. All because the black hair business is big business.
