Hair Love | Oscar®-Winning Short Film (Full) | Sony Pictures Animation

Hair Love, an Oscar®-winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.

You can watch #YoungLove, the animated series based on Oscar®-winning short film Hair Love from creator Matthew A. Cherry, Fall 2023. #StreamOnMax September 21.

Directors:
Matthew A. Cherry (Executive Producer, “BlacKkKlansman”)
Everett Downing Jr. (Animator, "Up")
Bruce W. Smith (Creator, “The Proud Family,” Animator, “The Princess and the Frog”)

Producers:
Karen Rupert Toliver
Stacey Newton
Monica A. Young
Matthew A. Cherry
David Steward II
Carl Reed

Executive Producers:
Peter Ramsey (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”)
Frank Abney (Animator, “Toy Story 4”)

Features:
Issa Rae (“Insecure”) as Zuri's mother

Co-Executive Producers:
Jordan Peele
Andrew Hawkins
Harrison Barnes
Yara and Keri Shahidi

Associate Producers:
N’Dambi Gillespie
Gabrielle Union-Wade
Dwayne Wade Jr.
Gabourey Sidibe
Stephanie Fredric
Claude Kelly

Music Composers:
Paul Mounsey
Daniel D. Crawford

Additional Composer:
Taylor Graves

Production Partners:
Lion Forge Animation
Chasing Miles
Matthew A. Cherry Entertainment

The project is a collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation that was launched as a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 with a fundraising goal of $75,000. Strong support led to the campaign amassing nearly $300,000, making it the most highly-funded short film campaign in Kickstarter history.

The picture book “Hair Love” was released by Kokila Books/Penguin Random House on May 14, 2019, and became a New York Times Bestseller.

[knightsqueen]

the second that little princess showed her mom her picture, I lost it.

[StevenandStefanie]

His little eye brow raises when he walked in with the flowers was so cute

[thabittercourt]

In the beginning, I thought the little girl had a ballet dance or something similar at school, when it showed it was actually to bring her mom home, my god, I cried.

[daisythomas]

It is so cool to finally see the mother be darker than the father. The mother is usually always lighter so this is so beautiful. I love this short so much.

[arandomturtle]

when the dad was fighting his daughter's hair I felt that

[birb]

I just realized that she was cancer-free at the end and that was the best thing i saw today

[calebspears]

When the dad attempted to comb out her hair, I felt that

[adrianghandtchi]

I find it highly shocking that this book is banned from some schools, Hair Love is so sweet and so wonderful in it’s messaging of a father taking care of his daughter.

[katiechupp]

The heart on the calendar was the day her mom got to come home from the hospital. This is so pure

[originalvisualwithouteyebr]

the fight scene is literally me against my never ending knots

[rlc]

When she tried to do her own hair... I FELT that😫

[SimplyE]

As a survivor and a mom of a young daughter, thank you 🥺❤️

[atakeuchi_]

*sees picture*

Her Mama is still a queen without her hair. 😭😭😭

[Themoment]

Man when he tried to comb her hair without moisturizing and wetting it first, I could feel her scalp crying😭😭😭

[carlyslotnick]

Who’s here after they just won the Oscar. This short film is so sweet it brought tears to my eyes ❤️

[KHTimeProtecter]

Dad learns how important hair is to people and how to have patience to style his daughter’s properly, Mom gains the confidence to rock the bald look like the warrior queen she is, and let’s not forget how absolutely precious the little girl is throughout the entire thing.

[mZToyadiva]

Imagine this on a Big screens for little girls to see around the world.

[brookd]

I loved that so much, for a second I thought her mom was dead but that was a beautiful ending

[painlessnote]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO ACCIDENTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DAD

[chrissiem]

I think no matter a person's skin tone or cultural background, ALL FATHERS are terrified to do their daughter's hair. This video has layers of sweetness and emotion, but to see the dad trying (and struggling!) but getting there in the end is brilliant.
And the fact that he is continuing to do her hair during the credits and wasnt just a 'stand-in' while his wife was sick is a gorgeous detail.
This film totally deserved it's Oscar 💖