Major Documentary Film: How Come I Don't Have Good Hair?

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


“HOW COME I DON’T HAVE GOOD HAIR?”

TWO-DAY RECESSION PRICED SCREEENING

OF MAJOR DOCUMENTARY FILM


HARLEM, NY --- THE MAYSLES INSTITUTE , FOUNDED BY AWARD-WINNING AND RENOWNED FILMMAKER, ALBERT MAYSLES (GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER, SALESMAN) WILL BE SCREENIG A FILM THAT WILL APPEAL TO EVERY WOMAN WHO EVER LOOKED AT HER HAIR IN A MIRROR AND WONDERED WHY SHE DIDN’T HAVE GOOD HAIR. COMPLICATING MATTERS, SHE MIGHT ALSO HAVE WONDERED, WHAT WOULD THAT DAY’S WEATHER HAVE IN STORE FOR HER.
ON NOVERMBER 12TH AND13TH , AT THE MAYSLES CINEMA, THERE WILL BE A SCREENING OF GOOD HAIR DIRECTED BY JEFF STILSON. GOOD HAIR EXPLORES SOME THE ASPECTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HAIR AND HAIR CARE. ACCORDING TO CHRIS ROCK, HE WAS PROMPTED TO PRODUCE THE FILM AFTER HIS 5-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, LOLA, ASKED: “DADDY, HOW COME I DON’T HAVE GOOD HAIR?” DURING HIS QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE, MR. ROCK DELVES INTO THE $9-BILLION BLACK HAIR INDUSTRY, VISITING BLACK SALONS, BARBERSHOPS, CONVENTIONS, SCIENTIFIC LABS (WHERE HE LEARNS THE SCIENCE BEHIND CHEMICAL RELAXERS THAT STRAIGHTEN HAIR) AND INDIA, WHERE MANY POPULAR HAIR WEAVES THAT ARE WORN BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MANUFACTURED.



NELSON GEORGE, THE ESTEEMED AFRICAN AMERICAN PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, WORKED WITH MR. ROCK AS A PRODUCER OF GOOD HAIR. MR. GEORGE IS AN AUTHOR, COLUMNIST, MUSIC AND CULTURE CRITIC, JOURNAL IST AND FILMMAKER WHO WAS TWICE NOMINTED FO R THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. HIS DOCUMENTARY, A GREAT DAY IN HIP HOP, WON NUMEROUS AWARDS AND WAS SCREENED AT FILM FESTIVALS IN NEW YORK, LONDON, AND AMSTERDAM.
GOOD HAIR WILL BE SCREENED ON NOVEMBER 12TH AND 13TH AT 7:30 PM IN THE MAYSLES CINEMA LOCATED AT 343 LENOX AVENUE. SEE THIS FILM FOR THE RECESSION-PROFF PRICE OF $10 BEFORE IT’S SHOWN IN GENERAL RELEASE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT WWW.MAYSLESINSTITUTE.ORG.


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