Oct 19, 2019
Thoughts of a Colored Man
“We really get a bad rap in mainstream media, particularly black fathers, you know. There's always the stereotype that, you know, we're not present or deadbeats, you know, et cetera, et cetera. And while obviously those situations do exist, it feels very much so that it's just like disproportionately represented in that way.“
Producer, writer, director, and former football player Matthew Cherry made this short film (and now children’s book) to increase positive representations of black fathers and black hair in the media. Read more here: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/754052328/movie-hair-love
