Hair Love

Hair Love
Poster
Directed by
Written byMatthew A. Cherry
Produced by
StarringIssa Rae
Edited byNick Mantz
Q. Bryce Randle
Illya Owens
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hair Love is a 2019 American independent animated short film[1] 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.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ 'Hair Love' Short Will Get North American Release In Front of 'Angry Birds 2'|Cartoon Brew
  2. ^ Yahr, Emily (2020-01-13). "Oscar nominations 2020: 'Joker' leads with 11; Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director; complete list of nominees". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  3. ^ "Hair Love" wins Best Animated Short Film-Oscars on YouTube
  4. ^ 2020|Oscars.org
  5. ^ "Kid Cudi and Issa Rae are styling parents in the first 'Young Love' trailer". EW.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.