Review Bad Hair (2020)

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The story follows a young woman from Compton in L.A. who wants to be a VJ in the late 80s/early 90s but doesn’t have the right look. She makes a Faustian bargain with the new network head and ends up with a weave in her head that may or may not have a mind of its own.

 

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Former publicist turned celebrated filmmaker Justin Simien follows up “Dear White People” with the cheeky horror satire “Bad Hair”. The story follows a young woman from Compton in L.A. who wants to be a VJ in the late 80s/early 90s but doesn’t have the right look. She makes a Faustian bargain with the new network head and ends up with a weave in her head that may or may not have a mind of its own. Simien says he wants to do a “weird horror-satire love letter” to black women who “suffer quiet little deaths just to be seen in our culture”. Vanessa Williams, Laverne Cox, Michelle Hurd and more star.

 

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Bad Hair (2020) ⭐ 5.6 | Comedy, Horror, Music

1h 42m | Unrated

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Justin Simien, creator of "Dear White People," debuted his horror satire, "Bad Hair," at the Sundance Film Festival. He and the cast talk about making the genre-bending film and what it says about society and black women's hair.