Filmmaker is trying to block the release of 'Good Hair'

[kasey]

A filmmaker who produced a film called "Nappy Roots" is seeking to block the release of Chris Rock's "Good Hair" and has filed a $5 million copyright infringement lawsuit.

http://bit.ly/12DNeM

 

[BlackMasterPiece]

WOW if this is true.....lawd have mercy!!

Also, I feel like Ms.King's film is much more in depth and comprehensive featuring women wearing natural hair styles, going into the history etc rather then "look at them crazy bald-headed black women putting on weaves and wigs!"

Wow this is a doozy, we'll have to see who has better evidence and who is more scrupulus.....but damn!!!!
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[msa]

There's a thread on this in ET.
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=406966

 

[almond eyes]

Now we'll see how he likes the jokes turning on him now, not so funny. It's kind of karma!!!!! Funny on black women, now funny on him.

Best,
Almond Eyes

 

[runwaydream]

they need to chill out, there's a lot of ppl waiting for this movie to come out

 

[almond eyes]

But I still want to see it. Chris Rock has tamed down his comedy a lot as he has grown. And that's the thing with comedians they tend to be very manic and say whatever comes to their heads offensive or not. He's a comedian and never was trying to be serious as the other film. His film has the potential to reach greater audiences which creates bigger debates which is what we need in the black community the other film even if good would not have been able to create such a stir. I mean Chris has been on GMC, Oprah, Tyra, The View, Park and 106. That's wide coverage about a topic that black women have never wanted to talk about so openly and now its okay. Talking is good for our community even if he did not cover it from a historical perspective but again what could we have expected he is a comedian!!!!! He spends his life tying to make people laugh which is better than making them cry.

Best,
Almond Eyes

 

[TeeWhyAre]

How can you block the release of something already released?

@almondeyes, My Nappy Roots won awards & premiered at film festivals in 2007. I don't think Chris' film will generate much debate because as I've posted many times on this forum it focuses on the following:

1. Women + Relaxers
2. Women + Weaves
3. What is relaxer & how is it made?
4. Where does weave hair come from?
5. How do black men relate to black women w/ weaves? Why can't black men touch your hair?
6. Hair shows

Not much thinking involved in Good Hair, I've seen it.

 

[almond eyes]

If she gets an injunction, the film can be stopped even though it has been released. I doubt she will succeed though.

Best,
Almond Eyes

 

[naturalmanenyc]

Hmmm. She can prove access, and he admits to seeing her film; however, an idea cannot be copyrighted.

Copyright does not protect ideas, concepts, systems, or methods of doing something. Copyright protects the expression of the idea, ie., her film. It reads as if the similarity may be the India footage, if they both went to India or if he used her India footage.

I hope there is more to this case than just Chris using her idea. Otherwise, they both made movie about Black hair.

 

[ladykaya]

I thought it was funny when he said unfair competition. There is no way that can be proven especially if it came out 2 years ago and won awards. Besides they focus on different aspects of hair. and they are both documentaries not scripted film.

 

[AsianAfricanPrincess]

"She'll probably be able to sell it now because of Good Hair, but it's (My Nappy ROOTS) not humorous at all." -- Chris Rock


I'm curious as to why our experience as Black women needs to be "humorous". Why the need to point/laugh at, and mock us?

He's such an jerk.