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RESPECT THE ‘FRO – (part 2)

International Black Hairitage Month” was founded By Regina Kimbell,ย as aย celebration to strengthen the cultural bond internationally between Black people; through conversations of culture and economics, while celebrating our hairitage, ancestors and economic empowerment. The underlying theme supports natural holistic living and health.

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My Nappy ROOTS:ย  A Journey Through Black Hair-itage, an edutainment documentary, takes an unparalleled look at how black hair is used as a prism through which to look at cultural, societal, and political issues in the African American community over time.ย ย The documentary displays an array of various techniques and styles including the conk, press and curl, the afro, the jheri curl, and locs. Each distinctive style marks a distinctive time in history, politics, and African American culture.ย 

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My Nappy ROOTS will tell its story largely through the voices people who were, and are, instrumental in the changes that have influenced the cultural images, aesthetics and behavior of Black Americans.ย  Film makers Regina Kimbell and Jay Bluemke assembles a world-class line-up of celebrities, Historians, authors, journalists, comedians, stylists and barbers, industry business icons, professional, and personal accounts on their Black hair journey.ย 

 

This liberation is not only captured on film but experienced from beginning to end withย 

My Nappy ROOTS:ย  A Journey Through Black Hair-itage.

A panel discussion with film director Regina Kimbell and guests will follow the screening

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