Hair Love
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| Written by | Matthew A. Cherry |
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| Starring | Issa Rae |
| Edited by | Nick Mantz Q. Bryce Randle Illya Owens |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hair Love is a 2019 American independent animated short film directed by Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr., and Bruce W. Smith, and written by Cherry. It follows the story of a man who must do his daughter's hair for the first time, and features Issa Rae as the voice of the mother. The film was produced after a 2017 Kickstarter campaign, and was also released as a children's book in May 2019 with illustrations by Vashti Harrison. Hair Love received generally positive reviews and won Best Animated Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. A spin-off TV series titled Young Love was ordered by Max in July 2020 and premiered on September 21, 2023.