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In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.
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- Director
- Justin Simien
- Written by
- Justin Simien
- Produced by
- Angel Lopez, Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev
- Composer
- Kris Bowers
- Cinematographer
- Topher Osborn
- Editors
- Kelly Matsumoto, Phillip J. Bartell
- Makeup FX
- Tony Gardner
- Sound Designer
- Jeff Sawyer
- Studios
- Sight Unseen Pictures, Culture Machine
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 5.7/10 (92 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 62% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 60/100
- IMDb
- 5.6/10 (4,616 votes)
Cast
Elle Lorraine
Anna Bludso
Jay Pharoah
Julius
Lena Waithe
Brook-Lynne
Kelly Rowland
Sandra
Vanessa Williams
Zora
Laverne Cox
Virgie
Chanté Adams
Linda Bludso
Blair Underwood
Amos Bludso
James Van Der Beek
Grant Madison
Usher
Germane D.
Yaani King Mondschein
Sista Soul
Michelle Hurd
Maxine
Judith Scott
Edna
Robin Thede
Denise
Ashley Blaine Featherson
Rosalyn
Steve Zissis
Baxter Tannen
MC Lyte
Coral
Zaria Kelley
Young Anna
Crew
Justin Simien
Director
Angel Lopez
Producer
Eddie Vaisman
Producer
Julia Lebedev
Producer
Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
Topher Osborn
Director of Photography
Kelly Matsumoto
Editor
Phillip J. Bartell
Editor
Scott Kuzio
Production Design
Alex G. Scott
Executive Producer
Leonid Lebedev
Executive Producer
Oren Moverman
Executive Producer
