Chris Rock at Sundance

When Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head! Director Jeff Stilson’s camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture.

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people.

Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter’s question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn’t always benefit the black community and little Lola’s question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside. Click here for more info.

I knew it was all a conspiracy!

This is definitely a film I want to check out.

I went natural about 2 years ago, and while it can be hella (remember that word?) frustrating at times, it also feels good being chemical free, and also - more importantly - knowing just how my hair really looks. I love knowing the different textures and the real "behavior" of my hair.

Sometimes I wear it curly:

Sometimes I get caught sleeping/slipping and this is the result: Every texture doing whatever it wants to do. It can drive a person crazy. (And no way am I showing my face while sleeping. I'm this light because of the cheap camera and poor flash.)

When the weather is perfect (0% humidity), I flat iron it... who needs a perm? Ok, maybe one day I'll get one again, but no time soon!