15 January 2013
"GOOD" Hair - Dorm Film Post
The movie that my group and I watched was a documentary produced by Chris Rock called Good Hair. This documentary explores the background and industry behind the hair of African American women. From discovering the outrageous prices of weaves and treatments to traveling to India and other countries that produce hair, and hair products for these women; Rock tries to understand why African American women go through all this hassel just to have straighter hair. His adventure was sparked when one of his little girls asked him why she did not have good hair. To read a fuller review you can check out: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113429227 This review does a great job of covering the basics of the movie, while also cautioning that this movie raises a lot of questions but does not necessarily answer them. This film definately makes you reconsider how you view other people and also redifine the beauty standards that the Empire has forced us to believe as truth, even if we are not conscious of it. Personally this movie has not influenced a particular change in habits in my life, but instead the movie has challenged me to be a stronger encouragment to other women no matter what race, or age that are struggling with self- image issues and hopefully help them realize that no matter what hair type, clothing style, or amount of makeup makes them any more beautiful or less beautiful in God's Kingdom.
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I think this topic of hair is really interesting. I wanted to watch this film, but ended up choosing another one. It seems so ridiculous that hair is valued so much in our society. People should be more accepting of the way everyone is made to be instead of constantly wanting to change the way we look. I think like you, just hearing about the issue has kind of opened my eyes a little more to the corruption of beauty and how so many women and men struggle with their appearance. It sounds easier said than done to accept the way that God has made each one of us, but we have to start with loving ourselves inside and out and then learn to not judge those around us. I hope that sometime in the future I will be able to view this film and hear about all the more specifics of this issue.
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Thanks for your thoughts, Rose. I think it's important for us to be able to have compassion for the issues that others face, perhaps especially when you fit the definition of what society considers "normal."
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