Hair Love

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

The lesson “My Hair. My Style. My Right.” focuses on the ways hair relates to students’ self-identities, cultures and ways of being.

VIDEO INFO

DETAILS

GRADES

  • Middle School

SEL COMPETENCY

  • Self-Awareness
  • Social-Awareness
  • Relationship Skills

TAGS

  • International
  • Love
  • Race / Ethnicity / Racism
  • Appreciation
  • Body / Body Image
  • Community / Culture
  • Self-Expression
  • Self-Love
  • Black History