Oscar for Short Animation - "Hair Love"

Steve K

Full video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28

My wife & I saw them all, a pretty good year.  One of the honorable mentions got a lot of laughs from the audience, "Hors Piste" - I can only find a trailer online.

WendyLuvsCatz

damn I lost it and my eyes started leaking when they went to get Mum from the hospital

Steve K

"[Ex-NFL player and producer] Matthew A. Cherry knows 'Hair Love' can have real-life implications for black children struggling to love their hair amid enduring white standards of beauty. In recent weeks, a Texas teen named DeAndre Arnold made news after being warned that he could not walk in his high school graduation unless he agreed to cut his shoulder-length dreadlocks. But he’ll be in a different kind of spotlight soon: The short’s team, including Cherry and producers Gabrielle Union and her NBA player husband, Dwyane Wade, invited Arnold to attend the Oscars ceremony with them on Sunday."

This happened near me here in the Houston area.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/02/03/how-hair-love-went-beloved-kickstarter-project-an-oscar-nominated-animated-short/

Diomede

Hair braiding in DC  https://ij.org/issues/economic-liberty/braiding/