Posted February 3, 2009 by gingerlynn 7 comments

Video: Nelson George, Chris Rock, at Sundance with “Good Hair”

Nelson George: Sundance 2009 from Nelson George on Vimeo.

This winter acclaimed writer and filmmaker, Nelson George, spent some time in Utah. Trust, it was much more glamourous than it sounds. A good portion of his time was spent in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival where he was promoting his documentary “Good Hair,” alongside one of it’s stars, Chris Rock. The doc, a light-hearted piece about hair in the black community, won a special jury prize in the documentary category. At the same time, our 1st black President was being inaugurated in Washington, D.C., which the film community watched together from a small tavern. According to Nelson, his film, along with the historic inauguration of Obama, provided much fuel for discussion about black identity. In addition, he got to hobnob with celebs like Nia Long, Sarah Jones, Marcus Miller, Russell Simmons, Spike Lee, Lee Daniels and others. Watch his video diary above for more. Congrats on the award!

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Free Defy

Chris Rock follows through.In an interview he said he wanted to do a doc on hair when some dir. asked him to play a comic relief role in an action flick Chris refused.I thought he was jokin.
b.abram

i need to see that.
Jazzscout

Nelson George does it again! He continues to discuss and show the importance of African-American culture. I remember reading his book “Buppies, B-Boys, BAPS and BOHO’s” back in ’93. Looks like there was a lot of color in Sundance this year. ‘Bout time.
SunSing

Inspiring work, my brothers. Keep it up!
hot knives

read Nelson George’s book DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES.
Written in the early 90s but still very relevant.
Covers black music of the 20th century.
KIN CAMELL

PEACE,FROM THE BAY!

NELSON GEORGE & CHRIS ROCK=KEEP ROCKIN THE GLOBE!
“PUSH”+”WHY WE LAUGH”+”THE CARTER”+”GOOD HAIR”= I CAN’T WAIT.

COME VIBE;
KIN CAMELL(GOOGLE THAT)

PEACE TO YOU & YOURS.
Shanda Marshall

I can not express how i feel about this documentary,i am a natural hairstylist,and man is it hard i sometimes want to give up,our black women are so wounded when it comes to are own beauty and hair,i call this relaxer,creamy crack because it breaks down your mind,body and soul.and it also takes your money.I know because i am a former creamy crackhead,i have creamy crack free for over ten years now.

Thanks,

Simplygonatural.com