Sony animation snags kickstarter record-setter ‘Hair Love’
Sony Pictures Animation has signed a deal that will help bring an amazing animated story revolving around family, self-acceptance and the African-American experience to screens with Hair Love, from BlackKklansman exec producer Matthew A. Cherry. The filmmaker raised almost $300,000 from nearly 5,000 backers in his first venture into animation and set a new Kickstarter campaign record for a short film project in 2017.
Basically, the story revolves around the relationship between a father who is an African-American, his daughter, Zuri, and her hair. The father, at some point has to step in for his wife to do his daughter’s hair for the first time before a big event. It looks like a simple task but as the events unfold, things become interesting!
“In the past year, it has been very clear that audiences have been yearning to see fresh stories that are universal and culturally authentic,” Sony Animation President Kristine Belson told Deadline. “Hair Love is a wonderful father-daughter story and we are proud to nurture talented young filmmakers like Matthew who are breaking new ground.”
Cherry (Whiskey Cavalier, The Red Line) and animator Everett Downing (story artist, The Boss Baby) will co-direct Hair Love. Producers of this great animated story include Karen Toliver (SVP of Creative Development, Sony Pictures Animation), Cherry, Stacey Newton and Monica A. Young.
Frank Abney and Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) are exec producers.
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(Source: Deadline)
