It was videos of black fathers lovingly styling their daughters' hair that inspired Matthew Cherry to launch a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 to fund 'Hair Love.' On Sunday, the project won best animated short film. Oscars
It was videos of black fathers lovingly styling their daughters' hair that inspired Matthew Cherry to launch a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 fund the short film,"Hair Love."
On Sunday, Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver accepted the Academy Award for best animated short film for the project.The story of a dad struggling to do his daughter's hair not only charmed those who saw it, but resulted in a children's book and plenty of conversations about the importance of hair and heritage in the black community."Hair Love was done because we wanted to see more representation in animation," Cherry said during his acceptance speech.
— Ava DuVernay February 10, 2020 #HairLove winning the Oscar tonight for best animated short is a huge win for the CROWN Act and the black lawmakers championing this effort. Classic example of when policy and culture touch real people. https://t.co/308pXHgbY9 — Darren Sands February 10, 2020 "As @VictoriaMahoney reminded everyone, Hair Love had to do crowdsourced funding on Kickstarter in order to be made, because conventional studios and execs didn't believe in it's importance," she tweeted."It was funded by yall. And I hope all these studios are listening now."With the win, Cherry became the second former athlete to win an Oscar for best animated short.
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