
Toliver the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. “But there is a sensitive side that I’ve learned to connect to through my daughters.” “Sometimes as black men we’re raised to have this strong exterior and only deal with raising our boys to be tough, to be strong and all of those things are great,” Hines said of the film’s impact. It was this video that eventually laid the seed for Cherry’s idea for Hair Love. My Hair Story: An Inspirational Children’s Picture Book That Empowers Black Girls to Love and Embrace Their Unique Beauty Paperback Jby Danielle Grant (Author), Dara Powers Parker (Editor), US ILLUSTRATIONS (Illustrator) 24 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4. So I’m like, ‘I got this.” Hines eventually sent a clip of him trying to do Chloe’s hair to America’s Funniest Home Videos. “I’m like, ‘I have to do something to her hair,'” DJ Hines said. Thank you to and Chloe for talking with me about inspiring such a heartwarming film! The family is so sweet.

In an interview with CBS 58, DJ Hines explained how he tried to do his daughter Chloe’s hair for the first time. Amid Hair Love’s rising success, fans are getting a closer look at the Milwaukee father and daughter duo who served as the inspiration for the short film.

Cherry parlayed the crowdfunding campaign for his concept, Hair Love, into an Academy Award-winning short film and a best selling children’s book with illustrations from author Vashti Harrison. Parents need to know that Hair Love, by former NFL wide receiver Matthew A.
