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An Oscar-winning animated short film with ties to St. Louis will soon become a TV series. ‘Hair Love’ was created by Matthew Cherry. “Hair Love” was written and directed by former NFL player Matthew A. Cherry. (Read More)

“We did it, ‘Hair Love’ is officially Oscar nominated,” David Steward II exclaimed through his company Lion Forge Animation’s Facebook Page last month. “Congratulations to my fellow producers: Matthew Cherry, Karen Toliver, Monica Young and Carl Reed!!!” (Read More)

It was videos of black fathers lovingly styling their daughters' hair that inspired Matthew Cherry to launch a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 fund the short film, "Hair Love." (Read More)

The film is particularly beloved by the dads and daughters who inspired it. (Read More)

When Matthew A. Cherry started his Kickstarter campaign for the first time to create the animated short film Hair Love like most other crowdfunding participants, he had high hopes. And when filmmakers Everett Downing Jr. and Bruce Smith supported the project, many realized that the previous NFL wide receiver was sitting on something special. (Read More)

"Hair Love," created by Matthew A. Cherry, was one of five films nominated in the category of best animated short film. The seven-minute film tells the sweet story of an African American father who helps his daughter get her unruly hair styled for an event—while his wife is away. (Read More)

12 years after walking away from the NFL, ex wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry has reached the biggest stage in the film industry (Read More)

It took a village to get this indie short film into the animated short Oscar race. (Read More)

Sony Pictures Animation has officially released the short film Hair Love which was shared across social media – Instagram, YouTube, Twitter. Written by former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry, the six-minute animated film tells the story about a father learning to do his daughter’s Afro-textured hair for the first time in the absence of her mother. (Read More)

The heartfelt animated short film from director Matthew A. Cherry that focuses on the relationship between an African-American father, his daughter Zuri, titled Hair Love is now available online. (Read More)

It took 14 years to bring Matthew A. Cherry back to Ottawa.Make that 14 years, 4,981 backers for a $284,058 US Kickstarter campaign and much sweating over details for the animated short, Hair Love, that will be screened and featured in an Ottawa International Animation Festival “professional development” session at the National Arts Centre on Sept. (Read More)

It took 14 years to bring Matthew A. Cherry back to Ottawa.Make that 14 years, 4,981 backers for a $284,058 US Kickstarter campaign and much sweating over details for the animated short, Hair Love, that will be screened and featured in an Ottawa International Animation Festival “professional development” session at the National Arts Centre on Sept. (Read More)

The new animated short, follows the story of an African-American father trying to do his daughter's hair. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with creator Matthew A. Cherry about the story. (Read More)

Now playing in theaters in front of Sony's 'The Angry Birds Movie 2', Matthew A. Cherry's successful Kickstarter campaign 'Hair Love' is a must-watch. (Read More)

Matthew A. Cherry's animated short Hair Love, about a black dad attempting to do his daughter's hair, will premiere in theaters next alongside Sony Pictures Animation's The Angry Birds Movie 2. (Read More)

'Hair Love,' a heartfelt animated short film about an African American father learning to do his daughter (Read More)

When it comes to grooming a daughter (Read More)

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Director and former NFL player Matthew A. Cherry's "Hair Love" animation has been wildly popular on social media since its inception, and is now being turned into a short film. (Read More)

Matthew A. Cherry is a former NFL player, turned TV production assistant, turned TV episode director, turned Oscar-winning executive producer and he's not even 40. Following the success of BlackKlansman, Cherry's Hair Love short film, which started out as a 2017 KickStarter campaign that raised nearly $300K, has been optioned by Sony Pictures Animation. (Read More)

After raising money for two years, retired NFL player Matthew Cherry (Read More)

Director and former NFL player Matthew A. Cherry's Hair Love has been wildly popular on social media since its inception, and is now a short film. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures Animation has teamed up with Cherry on the short film adaptation, which tells the story of a young black father learning how to do his daughter's hair for the first time. The partnership comes two years after Cherry launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project. Cherry who recently worked as an executive producer on Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman took to Twitter to make the official announcement. (Read More)

Cherry, now 35, has more than 80,000 followers on Twitter, and it's a fairly safe assumption that among that contingent were several of the 4,979 backers who offered up $284,033 U.S. to a Kickstarter campaign aimed at funding his five-minute animation. (Read More)

Filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry focuses connection between Black fathers and their daughters, and what it means to show love to our hair. (Read More)

There's something so specifically cute about father/child beauty moments. (Read More)