Good Hair

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00:01:21 Those are my daughters,
00:01:24 the most beautiful girls
00:01:26 And even though I tell them
00:01:30 sometimes
00:01:33 Just yesterday,
00:01:36 and said, ''Daddy, how come
00:01:41 I wonder
00:01:45 Well, there's always this sort of pressure
00:01:48 like, ''Oh, if you have good hair,
00:01:51 ''you're prettier or better
00:01:54 ''that wears the Afro or the dreads
00:01:57 I mean,
00:01:59 and have I said it to myself,
00:02:02 Do I say it to my daughter,
00:02:03 like, and not even
00:02:05 I'm like,
00:02:07 ''You have such beautiful hair.''
00:02:08 Growing up, I considered
00:02:12 Like, my mom is white.
00:02:13 I'm half Russian and Norwegian
00:02:15 so my mom's hair is silky and blonde,
00:02:19 ''Just why didn't I get your genetics?''
00:02:22 That was what I looked at as,
00:02:24 good hair was white hair.
00:02:31 The lighter, the brighter,
00:02:32 And that's a thing
00:02:35 within the black community
00:02:37 You know,
00:02:39 and it's like all the hair
00:02:41 It was a hard,
00:02:44 I said, ''No, I'm going to be strong
00:02:48 ''that are going to try to get me
00:02:50 You know,
00:02:52 and you want to be that girl,
00:02:54 You want to be that girl,
00:02:55 and you have this fantasy
00:02:58 ''If they straighten it out,
00:02:59 ''then all of a sudden
00:03:00 ''and it's going to really move
00:03:02 ''and I'm going to have this hair.''
00:03:03 Well, you never had the hair
00:03:05 but you don't know that,
00:03:06 When you look at a woman's hair,
00:03:08 it's a fantasy come true
00:03:11 So, for me,
00:03:14 Well, I would say
00:03:20 and that you share
00:03:24 And they get to see you braiding it,
00:03:25 and they get to see you washing it,
00:03:27 and they get to--It's a glory.
00:03:29 But it is not a bad thing
00:03:32 If you have it on your head,
00:03:34 If you have it growing
00:03:36 it probably isn't so good.
00:03:38 So what feeds
00:03:41 How do we decide
00:03:43 Well, at least for some people,
00:03:46 where all major
00:03:50 in Atlanta
00:03:53 That's right,
00:03:56 Twice a year,
00:03:58 the Bronner Brothers
00:04:02 with over 120,000 hair professionals
00:04:06 over twenty-eight major hotels
00:04:09 and over $60 million pumped
00:04:13 Good hair is good business.
00:04:16 My father started it
00:04:18 and the show was
00:04:21 to teach the people
00:04:23 how to use the products.
00:04:25 And sixty years later,
00:04:27 the number-one purpose
00:04:28 to come learn
00:04:32 Certain products, we index triple
00:04:37 We're at 12°/° of the population,
00:04:41 Wow!
00:04:42 I got in the wrong business.
00:04:44 All I know is, we spend
00:04:48 No matter what,
00:04:50 We going to look good.
00:04:52 You know,
00:04:53 We're going
00:04:55 While the main purpose
00:04:57 is to promote products
00:04:59 the three-day event
00:05:02 where stylists
00:05:04 come to compete
00:05:06 in front of an arena
00:05:09 The winner
00:05:12 but also receives
00:05:15 and establishes themselves
00:05:19 Now, can you tell me,
00:05:23 to compete in this competition?
00:05:25 We try and select
00:05:28 If we see someone
00:05:31 we invite them in
00:05:34 Tanya, I really
00:05:37 'cause this is
00:05:40 Her weakness
00:05:43 Well, I'm happy to be nappy.
00:05:45 Oh, Lord.
00:05:48 She don't want to be nappy.
00:05:50 No, I'm not saying--
00:05:51 I know my hair
00:05:54 Ooh, and then they try
00:05:57 Yes!
00:05:59 Dress it up, baby. It's okay.
00:06:01 That's a stigma.
00:06:03 Chris, are you listening?
00:06:05 It's not called bad.
00:06:07 Nappy's not bad.
00:06:08 Well, actually--
00:06:09 It can still be good.
00:06:11 It's just nappy.
00:06:12 I changed it around.
00:06:14 'Cause people
00:06:17 I call that bad hair now.
00:06:20 Okay, 'cause it's hard to curl?
00:06:21 'Cause nappy hair holds curls.
00:06:23 Tanya's new to this,
00:06:26 with former Bronner Brothers
00:06:29 Kevin won twenty grand
00:06:32 when twenty grand
00:06:34 If that belt could talk,
00:06:39 It'd say, ''Bring home
00:06:44 So the brother's held captive?
00:06:46 It's held captive.
00:06:47 Bronner Brothers
00:06:48 I picture myself being David
00:06:50 and all the other contestants
00:06:58 Derek is a very exciting person.
00:07:01 He's a unique person.
00:07:02 His performance
00:07:05 Styling, he might be
00:07:07 but exciting, very exciting.
00:07:10 Derek competed last year
00:07:12 and many people, mostly Derek,
00:07:15 But he ended up losing
00:07:18 nudity and too many people
00:07:24 My biggest scare was me
00:07:26 trying to find a pair of boots
00:07:28 A guy hit me up on MySpace,
00:07:30 and he ends up
00:07:33 Jayda, Tyree.
00:07:35 And he basically
00:07:37 a boot
00:07:38 and redesigns it
00:07:40 and, hopefully, you guys will see
00:07:45 I can't wait.
00:07:50 Freddie...
00:07:51 very smart.
00:07:53 That's her strength.
00:07:56 Her weakness
00:07:58 She goes
00:08:01 Last year's theme
00:08:03 So that was based
00:08:04 - on the movie Brokeback Mountain.
00:08:06 When we did the...
00:08:08 We did a video clip
00:08:09 that was in the beginning
00:08:14 I'm going to work on her
00:08:16 I might have to hide
00:08:19 I'm going to be hiding
00:08:22 You know,
00:08:24 I think I just shouldn't have
00:08:27 I put this ''FJ,''
00:08:30 and people thought
00:08:31 They just couldn't keep up.
00:08:38 Now, which of the other stylists
00:08:44 Probably Jason.
00:08:45 Jason Griggers.
00:08:47 Me and Jason
00:08:49 Do you have
00:08:53 No.
00:08:57 Jason's strength
00:09:02 l, actually, am
00:09:05 He's been doing my hair
00:09:08 and my hair was her length
00:09:10 and this is mine.
00:09:11 No tracks in this.
00:09:13 So he has what we used to call
00:09:16 I never said that.
00:09:18 So, Jason, you seem to be able
00:09:26 You're kind of like
00:09:28 I refer to it
00:09:34 Jason...
00:09:37 where does a white man
00:09:39 In school,
00:09:41 This one teacher that I had,
00:09:44 she would always give me
00:09:46 to walk around school with,
00:09:48 ''l don't hear you
00:09:50 ''l don't hear you
00:09:52 Was she a black woman?
00:09:53 She was a black woman.
00:09:54 She was
00:09:55 And she was determined
00:09:57 She was determined to teach me
00:10:00 So she's like Branch Rickey
00:10:04 That's ''The Jackie Robinson Story''
00:10:07 starring Jackie Robinson as himself.
00:10:09 It's big league all the way.
00:10:12 There are some white people
00:10:14 But there are very few
00:10:17 There are very few.
00:10:19 So what happens is,
00:10:21 you walk in
00:10:24 ''Do you have a pressing comb?
00:10:26 ''Do you have a flat iron?''
00:10:27 And it's like, ''Oh, yeah!
00:10:28 ''You know, we have everything.
00:10:30 ''l can do whatever you need.''
00:10:32 And then the process starts.
00:10:33 The process starts,
00:10:36 If you don't
00:10:38 you're afraid of it
00:10:42 And you can't really see around it.
00:10:44 They don't understand
00:10:46 ''Give me two days, baby.
00:10:48 ''What you want?
00:10:51 ''Little fan on the side?
00:10:53 ''Give me a picture, give me
00:10:55 ls this your hair?
00:10:57 Yes. All mine.
00:10:58 - All your hair?
00:11:00 Shake it for me.
00:11:02 I mean, how does this happen?
00:11:04 What did you put in it?
00:11:06 If you went under the counter
00:11:10 she's got about thirty
00:11:14 She's always constantly
00:11:16 trying to perfect
00:11:19 The antidote.
00:11:21 The antidote. Yeah.
00:11:23 Relaxer.
00:11:25 The closest thing we have
00:11:28 For all you white people out there
00:11:31 you name a black woman,
00:11:35 no matter how famous
00:11:37 they've either
00:11:39 or they're having
00:11:42 And a lot of black men, too.
00:11:45 If your hair's relaxed,
00:11:49 If your hair is nappy,
00:11:52 So what's
00:11:55 Something that looks
00:11:58 Yeah, relaxed and straight.
00:11:59 Wow, what do you have there?
00:12:01 ls that a bucket of relaxer?
00:12:03 No doubt, baby.
00:12:04 Relaxer.
00:12:06 Also known by its government name,
00:12:13 Relaxer's the chemical that will
00:12:17 and change it into this.
00:12:21 Wow.
00:12:23 Look at it.
00:12:25 My ring is still there.
00:12:29 My fingers all there.
00:12:31 I think I'm going to marry you.
00:12:35 In fact,
00:12:37 relaxer's the cash cow
00:12:40 It's how black women have been
00:12:44 Vigorol Liquid Hair Relaxer.
00:12:47 You're going to love your hair
00:12:50 come rain or come shine.
00:12:52 The first time I got a relaxer,
00:12:54 I remember thinking,
00:12:56 ''Now, I'm beautiful...
00:12:58 ''or closer to it, at least.''
00:13:00 Dark and Lovely
00:13:02 A beautiful way
00:13:05 Mentally,
00:13:08 they're on this quest for
00:13:13 trying to conform
00:13:16 The straighter hair, the better.
00:13:18 And we've been coached
00:13:23 With Vigorol Hair Relaxer
00:13:25 you'll have your hands full.
00:13:27 I remember seeing ads like this
00:13:29 when I was a little kid
00:13:32 What the hell
00:13:34 Where does it come from?
00:13:35 Well, some of it comes
00:13:40 This medium-size town
00:13:41 was once the capital
00:13:43 White will fight desegregation!
00:13:45 But now it's the home
00:13:48 a $35-million black-owned
00:13:52 that employs thousands
00:13:54 Greensboro is the home
00:13:58 the Dudley Beauty School,
00:14:02 Mr. Dudley himself,
00:14:04 and, of course,
00:14:13 Dudley Products have been valued
00:14:17 The plant itseIf is worth over ten.
00:14:19 It employs hundreds of people
00:14:21 and is situated
00:14:24 of prime North Carolina real estate.
00:14:27 In short,
00:14:31 Bad hair has been very good
00:14:34 What's he doin'?
00:14:35 Joe is making relaxer.
00:14:37 This is how they make relaxer?
00:14:39 This is a portion
00:14:44 7,000 pounds
00:14:47 7,000 pounds,
00:14:49 This would last Prince
00:14:52 Exactly.
00:14:53 The slightest
00:14:56 can really cause harm
00:14:57 A splash of sodium hydroxide
00:15:00 can potentially lead to blindness.
00:15:02 It may not happen right away,
00:15:03 but it can lead to blindness
00:15:05 But you'll eventually
00:15:06 Yes, you will eventually have one.
00:15:09 And the more
00:15:12 as you continue to work in it,
00:15:14 it can have
00:15:21 Let me read some of these.
00:15:23 ''The rate of change
00:15:26 Temperature, concentration,
00:15:30 Wow, what's that word?
00:15:32 What? Ammonium thioglycolate?
00:15:34 Wait. Say that again
00:15:35 Ammonium thioglycolate.
00:15:38 You're smart.
00:15:41 Enrollment at
00:15:43 means one thing:
00:15:47 These budding hair scholars
00:15:49 master the chemistry
00:15:51 and how to use them
00:15:53 even white mannequins.
00:15:56 They are
00:15:58 of how not to put relaxer
00:16:00 how not to burn ears
00:16:04 but most importantly,
00:16:05 that if you can make
00:16:08 you can live like a king.
00:16:13 When you go back home,
00:16:14 I want you to tell the world,
00:16:16 we manufacture
00:16:19 we sell our own product
00:16:23 That's the reason why we will
00:16:29 Because if I asked you
00:16:32 that you didn't buy
00:16:35 it would be a nudist camp
00:16:40 The nudity thing
00:16:41 but if you sniff
00:16:43 you just might say anything.
00:16:45 But I've got to admit,
00:16:47 looking at these
00:16:49 just made me think
00:16:53 So the next day,
00:16:55 and went to meet the Dalai Lama
00:16:58 Tell me, when was the first time
00:17:03 Late seventies.
00:17:04 James Brown, who was like
00:17:08 was in his office one evening
00:17:10 and he said to me
00:17:12 that he was real tight
00:17:15 And I said,
00:17:16 ''why don't you get us
00:17:19 ''a federal holiday?''
00:17:21 He said, ''Get the White House
00:17:22 I said, ''Oh, yeah, right.''
00:17:23 But I told his secretary,
00:17:25 They left a message.
00:17:27 Three hours later,
00:17:28 the White House called back.
00:17:30 He got on the phone
00:17:31 and told them he wanted
00:17:34 So they agreed to meet
00:17:37 And l'll never forget, he said,
00:17:39 ''When you go to the White House,
00:17:42 '''cause when people see you,
00:17:44 ''You're a reflection of me.''
00:17:46 He took me to a lady
00:17:48 He said, ''l want you to style
00:17:51 But that's the day we went
00:17:55 When was the first time
00:17:58 I was nine.
00:17:59 I remember the exact day.
00:18:01 And I was, like, ''Mama,
00:18:03 ''l want a relaxer.''
00:18:04 And she was, like,
00:18:06 And I was, like,
00:18:08 At nine years old,
00:18:10 and I remember it just being...
00:18:13 it was like a miracle.
00:18:14 I think you're trying to blend in.
00:18:15 I think you're trying to make
00:18:18 Relaxed.
00:18:19 Relaxed and not, like,
00:18:20 ''Oh, my God, what is that?''
00:18:22 That's what the relaxer does.
00:18:24 How old were you
00:18:27 the first time you got a relaxer?
00:18:30 Oh, God.
00:18:32 I was about seventy.
00:18:33 Seventy?
00:18:35 You went your whole life?
00:18:37 Not my whole life.
00:18:42 I relaxed my hair
00:18:45 And l'll tell you,
00:18:47 you could show up in homeroom
00:18:49 And you had rank
00:18:52 Like, the yellow rollers
00:18:54 and they get bigger
00:18:55 The orange rollers
00:18:57 so it was like,
00:18:59 I actually got a mug shot
00:19:01 with rollers in my hair.
00:19:06 I have a relaxer.
00:19:08 You call it ''creamy crack''?
00:19:10 Because once you're on it,
00:19:12 unfortunately, people tend to have
00:19:15 Creamy crack.
00:19:18 So you're saying
00:19:22 It was. For a time, I was
00:19:25 I was like, ''l feel roots.
00:19:28 ''Hook it up.''
00:19:29 I don't know.
00:19:31 I was taught by
00:19:32 They said that the only way
00:19:34 you could have
00:19:35 is to be flyer than her.
00:19:48 Tell us about the first time
00:19:50 the process.
00:19:51 Yeah, the cook-up.
00:19:55 You got to
00:19:56 Soon as it starts to burn,
00:19:59 you got to get
00:20:01 or else you lose your hair.
00:20:02 The burn of a perm is, I think,
00:20:06 I think it's hotter than fire.
00:20:08 Especially the first time.
00:20:09 I mean, the first time,
00:20:11 you've never feIt like
00:20:15 and why are you doing this?
00:20:17 If you have maybe like a pimple
00:20:21 and that stuff gets in,
00:20:25 But usually if you're
00:20:27 it's kind of like a torture session.
00:20:29 It's like you want it to get
00:20:31 so you feel it burning,
00:20:33 but you be like,
00:20:34 ''Just a little longer.
00:20:36 ''Wash it out!''
00:20:37 Anybody here ever been shot?
00:20:40 So what feIt worse,
00:20:41 the bullet or the relaxer?
00:20:45 Anybody here have a baby?
00:20:47 What's more pain,
00:20:48 a chemical burn or childbirth?
00:20:52 Childbirth.
00:20:54 But what if you had to have
00:20:58 I don't know.
00:21:02 Where were you shot?
00:21:03 In the face.
00:21:04 You got shot in the face?
00:21:06 That's a pretty bad shot.
00:21:07 I was the first 50 Cent.
00:21:10 Somebody just thought
00:21:12 Could be.
00:21:13 What's it feel like,
00:21:16 Can you explain it?
00:21:17 Just like, you know,
00:21:21 You know,
00:21:23 The sensation was just horrible.
00:21:24 lmmediately,
00:21:26 It was horrible.
00:21:27 The burning of the skin,
00:21:29 you know,
00:21:32 all the things
00:21:34 that superficial epidermis
00:21:37 You can get a burn,
00:21:40 in the middle of your head.
00:21:42 It's supposed to take
00:21:44 down to some thin, laid-back,
00:21:49 But if you leave it in too long,
00:21:53 left the Concolean too long,
00:21:56 and you just are
00:21:58 with scabs
00:22:00 That's how
00:22:03 Oh, yeah?
00:22:04 Remember when my sister
00:22:07 And then this whole side
00:22:09 And then that's how the style
00:22:11 of the asymmetrical look
00:22:14 And I had to shave off
00:22:17 and that's how my hair fell out.
00:22:20 I remember that.
00:22:22 I was really hurt for you.
00:22:23 In the ''Push It'' video.
00:22:25 Right before that.
00:22:28 'Cause in the ''Push it'' video,
00:22:31 And then you were
00:22:33 With pencil.
00:22:35 I was coloring
00:22:37 I remember that.
00:22:38 Can you imagine that?
00:22:39 And she's coloring my hair
00:22:41 trying to cover the bald spots.
00:22:45 So, I'm here with Professor Berry,
00:22:49 Now, could you tell us
00:22:51 exactly how dangerous
00:22:55 Sodium hydroxide
00:22:58 The chicken is your skin.
00:22:59 Okay. So it'll go from my brown skin
00:23:04 - Right.
00:23:06 Now, you realize
00:23:08 Sodium hydroxide?
00:23:09 Yeah, black people,
00:23:13 You know,
00:23:15 put sodium hydroxide in their hair
00:23:19 Why would they do that?
00:23:20 To look white.
00:23:22 Probably what
00:23:24 is actually breaking down
00:23:26 If it gets down into the scalp,
00:23:30 and you'll actually have
00:23:33 If you're
00:23:34 and you deal
00:23:37 - I mean...
00:23:39 If you breathe just the fumes
00:23:42 those fumes
00:23:44 They'll damage
00:23:45 Wow.
00:23:47 Now, this is
00:23:51 and it's been in sodium hydroxide
00:23:55 Another aluminum soft drink can
00:23:58 that's been
00:24:02 And then this one
00:24:05 for out four hours.
00:24:09 So that can's got a good perm.
00:24:11 That can's got a good perm.
00:24:21 Wow, you're a good girl.
00:24:24 How old are you?
00:24:25 Six.
00:24:26 Six. Getting that perm.
00:24:30 What's the youngest kid
00:24:33 Three.
00:24:35 Three?
00:24:36 How long you been getting
00:24:41 This is your second perm, huh?
00:24:43 No.
00:24:44 How many have you gotten?
00:24:45 I had the texturizer,
00:24:49 and my mama started
00:24:55 So your mama
00:24:58 I didn't even know
00:25:00 Of course,
00:25:03 and they see Kidee Perm.
00:25:04 Well, a kidee perm is really
00:25:08 It's just milder.
00:25:09 But it's still that same chemical,
00:25:12 that hydroxide chemical
00:25:14 It would be like a kiddie beer.
00:25:16 Right.
00:25:19 Does your hair
00:25:22 ls it cuter than
00:25:25 Really?
00:25:26 Sometimes their hair be hanging
00:25:30 The other girls
00:25:33 I mean, I have had mothers
00:25:38 their little girls perms,
00:25:39 and they're
00:25:42 They're calling
00:25:44 on, ''Dr. Maclin, what do
00:25:47 ''My daughter is one and a half,
00:25:50 ''and it's tough
00:25:52 ''l'd really like to put a perm in.
00:25:54 Under a certain age,
00:25:57 the scalp is still maturing,
00:25:58 the follicles are still maturing.
00:26:00 And if you're putting
00:26:03 you're damaging
00:26:07 When was the first time
00:26:12 It was back in July, I think.
00:26:15 How old was she?
00:26:16 Three.
00:26:19 Do you like gettin' perms?
00:26:22 I got a little
00:26:24 She don't have a perm, though.
00:26:26 Should I get one for her?
00:26:27 - Yes.
00:26:29 Why should Zahra get a perm?
00:26:32 'Cause...
00:26:34 she's supposed to get a perm.
00:26:36 'Cause everybody's
00:26:38 - Yes.
00:26:45 When the time's right,
00:26:48 ''Don't drink, don't smoke,
00:26:50 ''and don't have babies
00:26:52 Now I got to add,
00:26:55 ''make sure you don't get her
00:26:57 Wow.
00:27:06 Now, it's five days till the show.
00:27:09 What do you think you need
00:27:12 Upside-down cuttin'.
00:27:20 I'm hanging upside down
00:27:22 and I'm cutting one of
00:27:26 It's really hard.
00:27:27 Oh, jeez.
00:27:30 I'm scared.
00:27:33 So are you going to try
00:27:35 Uh-uh. She going
00:27:37 Okay, so you ain't--
00:27:41 That's what I was tellin' you.
00:27:42 It takes you so long
00:27:45 In order to do great things,
00:27:48 you have to have
00:27:50 I believe
00:27:53 Our talent level
00:27:55 but it's that favor
00:27:58 that take us over the top.
00:28:04 Now...sacrifice.
00:28:07 If you ain't never been there,
00:28:09 So let's get ready, okay?
00:28:10 Sacrifice.
00:28:13 starting midnight tonight,
00:28:18 No juice. Water only.
00:28:20 We're purifying ourselves, okay?
00:28:23 No snacks. Water only.
00:28:25 No food?
00:28:27 Okay, first of all, hold on.
00:28:31 You're not going to stand here
00:28:33 what you are
00:28:35 Winners do one thing. Hold on.
00:28:37 Winners do one thing--
00:28:40 And we're going to make
00:28:42 I've sacrificed
00:28:46 That's something
00:28:49 You're not a Christian?
00:28:50 No.
00:29:01 Wow, she's gettin'
00:29:04 You went to school for this?
00:29:06 Yes.
00:29:08 Now, what does the feet
00:29:11 I'm wearing
00:29:14 - A four-inch boot?
00:29:15 And so I need to make sure
00:29:18 so they won't be all hurtin'
00:29:22 'Cause people don't want
00:29:25 so this is just my ''me'' time.
00:29:27 So can you
00:29:31 It's a real high-energy show.
00:29:37 I chose the theme
00:29:40 'cause it's a big thing
00:29:41 It basically shows rivalry
00:29:44 Then everyone that's
00:29:47 to do this whole number
00:29:49 A lot of people
00:29:50 I just like glamorous, sexy hair.
00:29:53 That's what people want.
00:29:55 Now, what do you have to say
00:30:00 Just come correct.
00:30:01 You know, that's all
00:30:03 Just come correct.
00:30:05 'Cause they know
00:30:07 You the headliner?
00:30:08 Yep. They just my openers.
00:30:10 Can you tell us
00:30:16 and what you have planned?
00:30:20 Basically,
00:30:23 called the ''Aqua Bar.''
00:30:29 My theme is,
00:30:31 and I'm the hairstylist that works
00:30:37 two other ladies
00:30:38 and they have
00:30:40 that somebody
00:30:41 I talk her
00:30:43 And I tell her I have to wet it,
00:30:46 So then there's
00:30:49 so basically
00:30:51 and I jump in and cut her hair.
00:30:55 So you're going to make it
00:30:58 I'm trying to make it simpler.
00:31:00 By going underwater?
00:31:08 How much time do you spend
00:31:12 I haven't rehearsed
00:31:13 What I'm trying to do this year is
00:31:16 My theory is, if I can get
00:31:22 or what makes women feel good,
00:31:24 I can expand on that.
00:31:26 So I'm trying
00:31:27 for the hair competition.
00:31:29 What are we seeing you
00:31:31 A little Restylane
00:31:34 A little bit of this
00:31:37 - Fill this up.
00:31:39 Okay, we'll fill it up.
00:31:40 Let's get you
00:31:43 I got to psych myself up.
00:31:45 You're going to do great.
00:31:46 I can do this.
00:31:48 Good. Excellent.
00:31:50 I wish we had a Botox
00:31:51 with something similar
00:31:55 It's actually botulism toxin.
00:31:58 What is the main ingredient
00:32:00 Hyaluronic acid.
00:32:02 Like I know that that is.
00:32:03 I don't want to be
00:32:04 since this is
00:32:06 Some of the girls that come
00:32:10 so I'm excited to--
00:32:12 I think you will end up
00:32:15 I'm pleased with the way
00:32:17 The redness
00:32:19 That will dissipate over
00:32:24 I don't feel as beautiful
00:32:26 lce the face
00:32:30 I feel like I've been attacked
00:32:37 We came up with a test,
00:32:40 usually has a little weight to it,
00:32:42 So if you ladies mind
00:32:45 you can kind of see
00:32:47 Bounces. Bounces.
00:32:49 Just sitting there.
00:32:51 Not doing anything.
00:32:53 They always say,
00:32:56 But diamonds better watch out,
00:32:58 because there's
00:32:59 and its name is weave.
00:33:01 I don't remember
00:33:04 Back in your mother's day,
00:33:07 The weave is like
00:33:10 At least a weave is
00:33:13 Maybe her mother's mother
00:33:17 It's about big hair today.
00:33:20 I'm like, ''Peps, you got to get
00:33:23 They just want
00:33:25 They want their own hair,
00:33:27 Like, they want to go like this.
00:33:29 Like in the movies
00:33:32 Like Farrah Fawcett.
00:33:34 Those images are stuck
00:33:36 and they ain't lettin' them go.
00:33:37 Chicks be wantin' to be
00:33:39 When I first started going
00:33:42 which is where
00:33:43 they used to have
00:33:45 and going in Extensions Plus
00:33:47 was like a scene
00:33:49 You have dark glasses,
00:33:51 and you pull up to the door
00:33:53 and it's like,
00:33:56 You know,
00:33:58 women weren't
00:33:59 ''No, this is really my hair.''
00:34:00 No, it's not. It's really not.
00:34:03 So in the early days,
00:34:06 For the most part, yeah.
00:34:07 Back in the day,
00:34:09 you was in a secret weavy society,
00:34:12 we vow to weave together,
00:34:13 and we have
00:34:16 I don't know.
00:34:18 that literally I had white friends
00:34:20 who were like,
00:34:24 ''A foot!
00:34:26 I mean, like, you know,
00:34:28 they used to have these dolls
00:34:30 that you could make their hair grow
00:34:31 I swear to God,
00:34:32 they think black people
00:34:33 at the small of our back
00:34:35 where you just pressed
00:34:37 Hair that grows,
00:34:39 To here, to there
00:34:41 You know, it was considered
00:34:44 that we just don't discuss.
00:34:45 And now it's like,
00:34:46 women stop other women
00:34:48 like, ''What kind of hair
00:34:50 And we share our secrets.
00:34:51 The weave words
00:34:54 I wasn't in it for very long,
00:34:56 but you have
00:34:58 So they teach you a lot.
00:35:00 You know
00:35:02 and you see, like,
00:35:05 the scene in the movie?
00:35:06 Well, if you're
00:35:08 or Hillside Avenue
00:35:12 or any number of places
00:35:13 or Crenshaw or wherever
00:35:15 in a black neighborhood,
00:35:17 occasionally you will see
00:35:20 blow down the street.
00:35:21 It's a ball of hair
00:35:24 after they have done the weave
00:35:28 They sweep it outside,
00:35:30 and it goes tumbling
00:35:33 And I call it
00:35:35 I love it.
00:35:36 Every time I see it, I'm, like,
00:35:42 The tumbling tumbleweave.
00:35:43 I think the horrific part
00:35:45 was when I really started
00:35:49 what they was doing.
00:35:50 You know, because
00:35:53 and then I was like, ''Okay,
00:35:57 They're like, ''No.''
00:35:58 How's it stay on? Glue?
00:36:02 Sometimes, and they sew it.
00:36:03 They sew it to what?
00:36:05 Then I was getting
00:36:08 It was like a secret society,
00:36:10 a hair society of what's
00:36:14 It's very interesting.
00:36:15 Do they have classes?
00:36:17 I don't know, but I'm starting it.
00:36:19 So you're like a weave scientist?
00:36:22 Yeah, l'll note myself
00:36:24 You're a weaveologist.
00:36:28 So what's in your hair now?
00:36:30 A few things.
00:36:31 This hair, underneath the other hair,
00:36:35 This is a weave right now.
00:36:37 This is a weave.
00:36:40 I have pieces that are...
00:36:42 ...kind of, like,
00:36:44 Right now,
00:36:47 - I've attached...
00:36:49 - I want a little more...
00:36:50 Mine is all one unit.
00:36:52 Like that.
00:36:54 Oh, God.
00:36:55 It's like Dr. Frankenstein.
00:36:57 ''It lives! It lives!''
00:37:02 There are a couple
00:37:04 You could do tracks,
00:37:07 and you attach the track
00:37:10 It you have a full weave
00:37:13 my entire hair is braided up,
00:37:15 and then there's a very thin net
00:37:19 and then the tracks
00:37:23 The thing
00:37:25 and as we say in our industry,
00:37:27 ''You got to know your weaver.''
00:37:30 Know your weaver, baby,
00:37:31 'cause you got to be able
00:37:33 She's got to know
00:37:35 I'm from New York,
00:37:38 You flew from Colorado
00:37:41 Yep, to get my hair done.
00:37:43 How long is the flight?
00:37:45 The flight is 3 1/2 hours.
00:37:47 There should be
00:37:49 Sometimes you got
00:37:51 and you want to pass the time.
00:37:54 If you could get your hair done
00:37:57 Would you take that airline?
00:37:58 Yes, I would.
00:38:00 Every black woman in the country
00:38:03 And when you land,
00:38:08 Depending
00:38:10 I mean, I've been in the chair
00:38:13 Black men have to become
00:38:15 It's like jail.
00:38:16 And I remember it took
00:38:19 It was a very intricate piece,
00:38:21 and I was very particular.
00:38:23 I don't like weaves
00:38:24 I don't like weaves
00:38:26 I don't like hair
00:38:28 If it looks waxy,
00:38:30 'cause you put grease in it,
00:38:31 not because there's
00:38:35 I'm very particular
00:38:36 Okay.
00:38:37 I get serious, right?
00:38:39 You're really serious
00:38:41 I love my weave.
00:38:43 I embrace it, yes.
00:38:45 Do you have a pet name
00:38:46 No! Money.
00:38:50 I paid a lot of money for this,
00:38:53 The black hair business
00:38:57 Sixty percent to seventy percent
00:39:01 The margin is 125°/°, 150°/°.
00:39:04 How much is this hair?
00:39:05 $1,000.
00:39:07 $1,000. For just the weave
00:39:09 Just the weave, not the hair.
00:39:11 The hair was more.
00:39:12 Let me tell you,
00:39:14 One of these
00:39:16 I'm famous
00:39:18 once every month
00:39:20 ls that $18,000 for the year?
00:39:22 Yeah, about that.
00:39:24 - Throughout her whole life?
00:39:26 Probably about 150,000.
00:39:28 Over. Oh, yeah, about that.
00:39:30 I change my mind a lot.
00:39:32 So some people
00:39:33 You have a weave cellar.
00:39:35 1998, this was
00:39:38 How much does this cost?
00:39:39 That's $1,000.
00:39:40 This is $1,000?
00:39:41 Yes, it is.
00:39:43 You come in--
00:39:45 You got to come in
00:39:47 for wash and condition
00:39:49 and every six weeks,
00:39:52 Wow. This is amazing.
00:39:55 Yes. It starts at $1,000.
00:39:57 It starts?
00:39:59 You can go as far as 3,500.
00:40:00 - $3,500?
00:40:03 And who's payin' for this?
00:40:04 Ladies, workin' people.
00:40:06 Black women?
00:40:07 Black women,
00:40:11 and want to look good
00:40:14 She's wearing
00:40:16 You? How much did you pay?
00:40:17 1,000.
00:40:18 You paid $1,000?
00:40:20 And those two ladies
00:40:22 A question.
00:40:26 I have my own business.
00:40:28 Child care, okay.
00:40:30 And you spent $1,000?
00:40:33 And it's worth it.
00:40:34 She's wearing one.
00:40:36 Yours cost $1,000, too?
00:40:38 I'm a schoolteacher,
00:40:40 Wait a minute. Schoolteachers
00:40:44 And this lady, she's getting hers
00:40:47 You're getting
00:40:49 - I am.
00:40:51 But I raised the kids already,
00:40:53 - It's your turn for the weave.
00:40:55 Good for you. $1,000.
00:40:58 People don't realize
00:41:00 It just seems
00:41:03 is more hooked to this than,
00:41:07 Well, l'll tell you,
00:41:09 once they start,
00:41:11 They won't go back.
00:41:12 She's been gettin'
00:41:16 If she had a drug habit,
00:41:19 You know, even a bad drug addict
00:41:23 The weave is going to
00:41:26 that you don't want to be in.
00:41:28 Yes.
00:41:29 You going to have to date men
00:41:30 just 'cause you hungry.
00:41:31 'Cause our hair's
00:41:33 'Cause you got to pay
00:41:34 The problem is
00:41:37 that's beyond your means,
00:41:39 and we buy what we want
00:41:42 And I tell women all the time,
00:41:43 ''What do you have
00:41:47 ''and don't have food
00:41:49 It just doesn't make sense.
00:41:50 How does the average girl
00:41:53 I have no idea.
00:41:55 I think about that all the time.
00:41:57 Like, what would I do
00:41:59 if I didn't make
00:42:01 I guess l'd--l have no idea.
00:42:14 Are you payin' for this?
00:42:16 I'm paying for it right now.
00:42:18 Okay. Right now?
00:42:21 You've had a man handle
00:42:24 Yes.
00:42:25 Any of you guys
00:42:28 you know, giving
00:42:30 because of an expensive weave?
00:42:33 My mother and daughter.
00:42:36 Mother and daughter?
00:42:37 So you're spend on weaves--
00:42:40 These weaves
00:42:43 A woman wants to look good,
00:42:45 and a man is going to
00:42:48 so that she can be pleased
00:42:52 Now, those are the facts.
00:42:53 Well, I have a layaway plan
00:42:57 So you can layaway
00:42:59 That's right.
00:43:01 This lady right now,
00:43:02 in about another month or so,
00:43:05 She already start payin'
00:43:09 The price of maintaining a woman
00:43:11 is like real estate
00:43:14 It's skyrocketing.
00:43:16 It's beyond out of hand.
00:43:18 One trip to the hairdresser,
00:43:21 could leave you bankrupt.
00:43:22 Do you think some of the men
00:43:27 this weave habit,
00:43:31 an animosity
00:43:33 Oh, it definitely
00:43:35 I mean, it's one thing for me
00:43:39 or subsidize your education
00:43:42 if you're young and I'm young
00:43:45 or I'm going to help you
00:43:48 But to subsidize your weave?
00:43:49 I mean, hard enough
00:43:53 hard enough to go
00:43:55 and you don't want me to help you
00:44:00 401K, none of that.
00:44:03 Your weave.
00:44:05 and invest
00:44:08 on the back of your head
00:44:10 I mean, I can't even write it off
00:44:12 Maybe I should have, as part
00:44:16 'Cause your weave costs
00:44:18 That's ridiculous.
00:44:20 As you can see, the hair business
00:44:23 So far I've learned
00:44:25 could put you
00:44:27 and if you're not careful,
00:44:31 Back in Atlanta, the hair show battle
00:44:34 and I was wondering
00:44:37 Okay...we're going to see
00:44:41 We have a problem.
00:44:43 What's the problem?
00:44:44 This stage is double the size
00:44:46 This is some bullshit.
00:44:48 This really is, though.
00:44:50 There's no way that y'all
00:44:51 all the way
00:44:53 I can't work with this.
00:44:54 This stage is double
00:44:57 This is some bullshit.
00:44:59 Whose job was it to get you
00:45:02 Bronner Brothers. I don't
00:45:04 I don't have rules.
00:45:09 Derek, he said he didn't
00:45:13 Oh, really?
00:45:14 Did you know
00:45:15 Yes, I got it in my packet.
00:45:18 Are you nervous?
00:45:21 No, just anxious.
00:45:22 - Just anxious?
00:45:24 Llke ''anxious,'' you getting ready
00:45:27 - Well, yeah.
00:45:28 How was it, Tanya?
00:45:31 It was fine.
00:45:32 Leah, pay attention. Shit.
00:45:34 It's plugged up.
00:45:36 It's plugged up.
00:45:38 It's on the cord.
00:45:40 We kind of ran
00:45:43 you can possibly have.
00:45:45 It all had something
00:45:47 What we got,
00:45:49 Guys, come on!
00:45:51 You name it, it happened.
00:45:52 Lord Jesus, help me.
00:45:54 I just know this is our destiny.
00:45:55 You know what I'm saying?
00:45:57 Through my prayers,
00:46:00 And I said,
00:46:02 Did I not say that?
00:46:12 Jason, everybody's rehearsin'.
00:46:15 Everybody's rehearsin'.
00:46:17 Except you.
00:46:18 You're the only one.
00:46:20 Yet, you're the favorite.
00:46:23 I just can't see
00:46:25 I mean...
00:46:27 Are you worried?
00:46:28 - No.
00:46:30 Like I said,
00:46:32 but, you know,
00:46:34 and I'm excited either way.
00:46:36 And no rehearsal?
00:46:38 And no rehearsal.
00:46:39 But we're going to look good.
00:46:41 Okay.
00:46:42 Lookin' good
00:46:47 It may be all about
00:46:49 and the other hair show
00:46:51 but it's all about cash
00:46:57 You guys are heads of the Black Owned
00:47:04 Most of the black manufacturers
00:47:05 have sold their companies
00:47:07 like Revlon and L'Oréal.
00:47:09 Do black people
00:47:12 We have a cluster
00:47:15 And these two rows
00:47:17 and this row here
00:47:19 black manufacturers.
00:47:21 So of this whole convention,
00:47:23 only two rows are
00:47:24 but most of this is white?
00:47:26 Most of it is, I think, Asian.
00:47:28 - Asian?
00:47:30 Most of the black hair money
00:47:32 Right, correct.
00:47:33 ls it hard for black people
00:47:36 Yes, it is very hard
00:47:38 for African Americans
00:47:40 The Koreans have dominated
00:47:43 and they also dominate
00:47:45 Koreans only sell
00:47:48 but because
00:47:51 they will not sell
00:47:53 Are you Korean?
00:47:54 No, I am Chinese.
00:47:56 Chinese, sorry.
00:47:57 That's okay.
00:47:59 Are Chinese people in China
00:48:04 We would like to.
00:48:05 And second,
00:48:07 We are Korean.
00:48:08 Korean. Sorry.
00:48:10 lmagine if I went
00:48:12 and just set up shop selling them
00:48:16 The question would be
00:48:19 or whether
00:48:20 But in our community,
00:48:23 And I think that a lot of that,
00:48:25 I mean, it's not like anybody else
00:48:30 so if we can't control
00:48:34 that is
00:48:38 How many
00:48:41 do you know of
00:48:43 That manufacture
00:48:45 That manufacture
00:48:46 About four.
00:48:48 Out of hundreds.
00:48:50 So did the white man just buy up
00:48:52 Yeah. Yep.
00:48:54 In 1987, Revlon's president,
00:48:59 he said, ''Eventually
00:49:01 ''any black-owned
00:49:02 And then you could see
00:49:04 through the late eighties
00:49:07 and now
00:49:09 that market to African Americans
00:49:13 No wonder the schools
00:49:16 I mean, you get up
00:49:19 and exploitation every morning.
00:49:21 Or you attach
00:49:25 to the back of your head
00:49:27 Or you shove it down
00:49:30 ''Here's my symbol
00:49:32 Lights out, go to sleep,
00:49:34 wake up,
00:49:36 How are you going to think right
00:49:37 when you're wearing
00:49:40 That is a real grassroots need,
00:49:42 to recapture the fact
00:49:46 as close to us
00:49:48 People are complaining
00:49:50 that black people aren't making
00:49:52 but the truth is,
00:49:56 When and if my daughters
00:49:59 it can come
00:50:02 What kind of hair
00:50:07 I guess it
00:50:08 It's called ''human'' on the pack.
00:50:11 What kind of hair is in there?
00:50:13 Oh, my God. I didn't know
00:50:14 you were going to ask
00:50:15 I would've called the lady
00:50:19 This is 100°/° human hair.
00:50:22 Meaning that you can curl it,
00:50:24 do whatever,
00:50:25 This is 100°/° real, baby.
00:50:27 So do you have any idea
00:50:29 what nationality
00:50:34 What part of the world
00:50:36 Yes, lndian humans.
00:50:38 Janet Jackson's hair
00:50:39 It's lndian hair.
00:50:40 Who else got lndian hair?
00:50:42 Right now, I have lndian hair.
00:50:44 It's human hair, though,
00:50:47 Are you thinking--
00:50:49 I see Jessica Simpson
00:50:52 Have you looked into having
00:50:55 So there's a chance
00:50:58 I don't know.
00:50:59 It depends on if I can get
00:51:01 Then I will, yeah.
00:51:04 You heard what Raven said.
00:51:06 ''A straight connection
00:51:08 Well, I guess
00:51:21 This is lndia,
00:51:24 of over one billion people.
00:51:26 A quarter of the population
00:51:29 making about forty cents a day.
00:51:32 Good thing
00:51:36 Overpopulation is at the root
00:51:39 but there would be
00:51:41 if the lndians didn't
00:51:44 After software and statues
00:51:47 human hair
00:52:12 My cab driver, Sanji, said
00:52:16 this was the place to go.
00:52:21 All right.
00:52:23 Mr. Murali!
00:52:24 Hello, how are you?
00:52:25 All right. Chris Rock here.
00:52:27 - All the way from America.
00:52:29 You are welcome to all this.
00:52:30 Now, I hear you the man
00:52:32 Yes.
00:52:33 You got
00:52:35 Yes.
00:52:36 If I want some lndian hair,
00:52:39 Yes.
00:52:41 This is daily,
00:52:43 Collected from the temple.
00:52:46 Well, show me some more.
00:52:47 - Let's see some more.
00:52:52 What are they doing right now?
00:52:54 Now, this is the hair
00:52:57 and they're
00:52:59 And this is before washing,
00:53:03 Then we go for a washing.
00:53:05 Because there'll be some bugs.
00:53:06 It is all dead bugs
00:53:09 they don't like to have
00:53:11 Yeah, I don't.
00:53:12 Whenever I buy hair,
00:53:27 This is the place
00:53:30 Weave paradise.
00:53:31 Yes.
00:53:32 So this is where
00:53:36 And everyone's got
00:53:41 What are they doing right there?
00:53:42 See, this is what I mean.
00:53:43 I show you
00:53:45 they'll just put the hair
00:53:47 there to remove this tangle,
00:53:49 and they'll remove
00:53:52 So then it will be bundled,
00:53:55 Okay.
00:53:57 Approximately
00:53:59 are processed every day?
00:54:00 - Not that, weight.
00:54:02 So you don't even
00:54:03 You measure by the kilo.
00:54:05 We measure by kilo only.
00:54:06 You like Scarface. ''Keys.''
00:54:08 Kind of like cocaine.
00:54:09 The hair business is probably
00:54:12 - Yes, it is a legal one.
00:54:16 Are there hair farms?
00:54:17 Are there just places
00:54:19 where just a bunch of women
00:54:21 No.
00:54:22 Everything's from sacrifice.
00:54:25 Everything's from the sacrifice.
00:54:26 Do your other friends
00:54:29 Yeah. Everybody does.
00:54:31 Everybody does it.
00:54:32 I guess nobody in lndia
00:54:34 Why? We already have
00:54:36 It's like fish buyin' water.
00:54:39 Has anybody ever tried
00:54:41 No. Not yet.
00:54:43 If you see some black women,
00:54:45 Okay.
00:54:46 Now, there seems to be
00:54:49 for the hair all over the world.
00:54:53 Can the temple satisfy
00:54:56 or do people find other ways
00:55:10 So let me get this straight.
00:55:11 Women fall asleep,
00:55:13 and while they're asleep,
00:55:16 Trimming their hair.
00:55:17 Takes their hair.
00:55:19 Does this happen a lot?
00:55:27 Somebody is cutting hair.
00:55:29 So you go see ''l Am Legend,''
00:55:32 and when you leave,
00:55:48 Hair is worth more than gold?
00:55:50 Yes.
00:55:51 And women are being scalped
00:55:57 Ten inches and better?
00:56:00 It's like porno.
00:56:01 Tell me.
00:56:04 l'd learned that this good hair
00:56:05 came from a religious ceremony
00:56:08 And that's what I needed to see,
00:56:11 If my daughters were going
00:56:14 I needed to see what kind of
00:56:34 Over ten million people
00:56:39 They tonsure their hair in exchange
00:56:56 Why do you tonsure your hair?
00:57:04 You ever think about your hair?
00:57:09 Thinkin' about seeing it again
00:57:14 - God likes hair?
00:57:23 Tonsure.
00:57:24 That's the word
00:57:27 Eighty-five percent
00:57:29 have had their hair shaved
00:57:33 in a religious ceremony
00:57:36 In lndia,
00:57:39 and removing hair is considered
00:58:14 By the end of the night,
00:58:15 these pretty young girls
00:58:17 And in a few weeks,
00:58:19 their hair will be
00:58:21 lawyers, and even strippers
00:58:26 These people have no idea
00:58:28 or how much it's worth.
00:58:30 The money made at this temple
00:58:33 The hair collected here
00:58:36 who distribute it
00:58:40 But its chief destination
00:58:41 is the weave capital
00:59:08 - Vijay!
00:59:09 How's it goin', man?
00:59:10 Good. How are you?
00:59:11 - Can't wait to see what you got.
00:59:13 All right, let's go in.
00:59:16 Now, Vijay.
00:59:18 How much money worth of hair
00:59:20 do you have
00:59:21 Roughly about
00:59:24 - $15,000 worth of hair?
00:59:26 Have you ever been robbed?
00:59:28 No. Luckily, no.
00:59:31 All right.
00:59:32 Do you have security?
00:59:34 No. The security
00:59:36 and they think it's clothes,
00:59:39 I need, uh...
00:59:41 the auburn shades
00:59:43 The natural black.
00:59:44 And I need, like, 14 to 16 inch.
00:59:47 Now, what are you lookin' for
00:59:50 Well, one, I look to make sure
00:59:54 You know what I mean?
00:59:55 I look to make sure that when I run
00:59:59 Okay. Now,
01:00:02 Yes.
01:00:05 So you get it first?
01:00:07 Beverly Hills gets it first?
01:00:09 So you start here
01:00:13 It's not quite like that, Rock.
01:00:14 Everything else works like that.
01:00:18 Okay, so you got
01:00:23 And this is your first shop?
01:00:25 Will you make it
01:00:28 How long
01:00:31 It could be gone in a few hours.
01:00:33 A few hours?
01:00:35 Once the ladies get it,
01:00:37 And they won't pay their rent
01:00:39 Yeah, there's a lot
01:00:43 A lot of foreclosures.
01:00:44 But they got hair.
01:00:46 There's no hair-closures
01:00:48 So if you not
01:00:50 you not in the hair business.
01:00:53 It's true, because
01:00:55 The weavin'
01:00:57 It takes you up there.
01:00:58 It puts you up there
01:01:00 It's that kind of income
01:01:01 because you're finding something
01:01:03 It's like surgery.
01:01:06 It's the real deal.
01:01:07 You ever say, like,
01:01:09 ''Hey, this hair is
01:01:11 Charge a little extra?
01:01:13 No. Why should I say that?
01:01:14 Well, I've put it on some celebrities
01:01:17 ''l'll sell it to you if you want it.''
01:01:19 They'll buy it.
01:01:20 ''Ooh, I got so-and-so's hair.''
01:01:22 Really? So you can sell, like,
01:01:24 a used weave
01:01:26 Yeah, she brings it back,
01:01:29 I say, ''Angela
01:01:30 And they like, ''Really?''
01:01:31 ''This is Vivica Fox hair.''
01:01:33 Yeah, and they'll buy.
01:01:34 You know,
01:01:37 Vivica likes Malaysian hair.
01:01:39 She's not really
01:01:43 I knew there was a market
01:01:46 but what I really wanted to know
01:01:48 is if I could make any money
01:01:51 Black hair!
01:01:57 Black hair!
01:02:05 How you doin', sir?
01:02:06 Okay, sir. How are you?
01:02:07 Pretty good.
01:02:08 So you sell a lot of hair here?
01:02:10 Yes.
01:02:12 What kind of hair?
01:02:13 We have Malaysian.
01:02:16 We have synthetic hair.
01:02:17 We have so many different hair.
01:02:19 Wow. Do you have
01:02:22 Really?
01:02:25 Where is that?
01:02:28 This is--
01:02:32 That's lndian hair.
01:02:33 lndia is Africa from lndians.
01:02:35 That's lndian hair?
01:02:37 For African women?
01:02:40 See, I was tryin' to sell--
01:02:43 I had lndian hair,
01:02:45 but the black hair, nobody--
01:02:50 Would you like to buy
01:02:53 I have all sorts
01:02:56 Some of this hair is from Cleveland
01:03:01 This hair is from Detroit.
01:03:03 Well, you might want
01:03:05 So this is not good hair?
01:03:07 Uh-uh.
01:03:08 ls that off of someone else's...
01:03:10 This hair was
01:03:15 Uh, well, I couldn't--
01:03:17 It wouldn't be healthful
01:03:19 You think somebody's
01:03:21 or something
01:03:23 Oh, yes.
01:03:26 The hair's no good.
01:03:28 But it's black hair
01:03:30 But black people
01:03:32 So my nappy hair's
01:03:36 They don't want to look like,
01:03:38 like, you know, Africa, like this.
01:03:41 They want to look the style.
01:03:43 You know, right now,
01:03:45 all the style,
01:03:47 They want sexy-looking.
01:03:49 So this is sexy?
01:03:51 Nobody walks around
01:03:54 No more. You see,
01:03:57 No. You make sure
01:03:59 Look more natural.
01:04:01 As far as black women
01:04:06 or the hairstyles
01:04:10 you know, I would just say
01:04:16 the texture
01:04:19 that all women seem
01:04:22 I always
01:04:25 that had it
01:04:30 It's kind of like, if I'm wearing
01:04:32 but I'm flexin' it on you,
01:04:35 So if you got a wig on,
01:04:38 like I'm supposed to give
01:04:41 I'm not giving you those points.
01:04:43 l'll give you points for your ass.
01:04:44 l'll give you points
01:04:46 but you don't get points for that.
01:04:48 But you whippin' it at me like--
01:04:50 And a real pimp can always
01:04:52 and know what she
01:04:55 You could see through the cap.
01:04:58 I have alopecia,
01:04:59 which causes hair loss
01:05:03 I chose not to wear a wig
01:05:08 There's this feeling
01:05:11 and I never wanted to feel
01:05:15 I wanted to deal with sort of
01:05:21 and look in the mirror
01:05:22 as though
01:05:25 So I think the reason
01:05:29 is because our self-esteem
01:05:34 It's like a type of currency for us,
01:05:37 even though those standards
01:05:42 and unattainable,
01:05:45 You know, you're going to
01:05:47 going out into the real world.
01:05:49 You might have
01:05:51 for the weaves at some point.
01:05:54 Do you think...
01:05:56 you have a chance of getting
01:05:59 or are you going to need a weave
01:06:02 Even though I think
01:06:05 if somebody came into my office
01:06:11 and a suit,
01:06:13 It's like a contradiction.
01:06:15 So I would
01:06:17 And I agree with you.
01:06:19 If I was going to,
01:06:22 and you wanted to,
01:06:24 and I'm like,
01:06:26 ''and I'm understanding
01:06:27 ''but I can't get past the fact
01:06:29 ''that you're going to be sitting
01:06:32 ''and it's, like, they're not going
01:06:35 ''for the fact that you just don't look
01:06:42 You have to kind of really
01:06:45 'Cause there's
01:06:47 to straighten your hair
01:06:48 But the resuIt is
01:06:52 And it's funny,
01:06:55 that to keep my hair
01:06:59 as it grows out of my head
01:07:04 Why is that?
01:07:11 I seek them out
01:07:13 Now, do you seek out women
01:07:15 'cause it's more affordable?
01:07:17 Absolutely.
01:07:18 How old are you?
01:07:19 Nineteen.
01:07:20 Nineteen. God.
01:07:21 Have you ever seen a woman,
01:07:23 seen her hair, and thought,
01:07:28 Sometimes.
01:07:29 Okay.
01:07:32 I know how you feel.
01:07:36 Does this have an effect
01:07:38 between black men
01:07:39 ls there a pressure
01:07:43 Right.
01:07:44 that's dating a black woman
01:07:45 that a white man doesn't
01:07:48 A black man
01:07:51 out the gate,
01:07:54 so he's already grown up
01:07:56 So he kind of understands
01:07:58 the importance
01:08:01 and of the woman looking good,
01:08:03 and he wants his woman
01:08:06 Yeah, he probably has to make
01:08:11 and just know
01:08:14 and I'm going to embrace that.
01:08:16 I'm just sayin',
01:08:19 it's like a condo, and you
01:08:25 When your woman's hair
01:08:26 it's a reflection on you.
01:08:30 And when you date a chick,
01:08:33 when I go out with a girl
01:08:35 and I'm looking at her hair,
01:08:36 first thing I know,
01:08:38 whether we could go
01:08:39 steaming, swimming,
01:08:42 and is it going to be
01:08:43 When you have natural hair,
01:08:46 If I get caught in the rain,
01:08:50 She will be, like,
01:08:53 or, ''l don't want
01:08:54 And you say, ''Why not?''
01:08:56 ''I'm not tense.''
01:08:57 You know she's tense.
01:08:58 She's tense at the idea
01:09:02 just fallin' to pieces.
01:09:03 Do you swim?
01:09:05 I have a pool.
01:09:08 That doesn't answer the question.
01:09:10 I do have a pool.
01:09:11 I can definitely get in the water.
01:09:13 I definitely get in the water,
01:09:15 You don't swim?
01:09:17 No. We don't play those games.
01:09:20 He's got to be really special
01:09:22 Taking a shower together
01:09:24 could be more intimate
01:09:26 Wow.
01:09:27 That's damn near like,
01:09:32 All my white classmates,
01:09:34 and my hair went
01:09:36 they were like, ''Wow!''
01:09:37 And they'd pull on it.
01:09:39 But they're curious.
01:09:41 They're curious white people.
01:09:44 It's okay. You can touch it.
01:09:46 But just be gentle,
01:09:48 Don't just go walking up to a random
01:09:50 and reach out to touch her hair,
01:09:53 'cause you might get hurt,
01:09:54 your fingers broken,
01:09:56 Of course,
01:09:58 shouldn't walk up
01:10:01 but what about her husband,
01:10:03 You'd be surprised.
01:10:05 You guys, anybody
01:10:07 that you couldn't touch her hair?
01:10:10 You know, when you can't
01:10:12 through a woman's hair,
01:10:14 Have you ever put your hand
01:10:18 Not that I can remember.
01:10:19 You can't touch
01:10:21 You just don't touch it.
01:10:22 Just leave it alone.
01:10:23 Don't tell me
01:10:26 It's decoration. Leave it alone.
01:10:28 It's like plastic fruit?
01:10:30 Kind of.
01:10:32 I don't care
01:10:33 I want to at least
01:10:35 There just can't be no off-limits
01:10:38 If it's fake, cool,
01:10:42 Like, really. Don't do that.
01:10:44 'Cause l'll have to fight you.
01:10:45 So you can't touch
01:10:48 Hell, no! Not a black woman,
01:10:50 ''Nigga, I just got this done.
01:10:52 ''Now let me wrap this up
01:10:54 The weave,
01:10:57 It definitely matters
01:11:00 I like real hair.
01:11:01 I mean, if you baldheaded,
01:11:03 You can't run
01:11:05 'cause your fingers get stuck.
01:11:06 Like a deejay!
01:11:11 I don't want to run
01:11:12 and get caught up
01:11:14 like, you know what I'm saying?
01:11:16 It's like gettin' your fingernail
01:11:18 and you don't want that happening.
01:11:19 That's just nasty.
01:11:21 So weave-touching is off-limits?
01:11:22 Do not touch my weave, no.
01:11:24 I don't even touch
01:11:27 But how close
01:11:29 if you can't touch their hair?
01:11:31 I mean, at the right time,
01:11:33 I might be in another zone,
01:11:35 but if I'm in my right mind,
01:11:38 So what, you got to be high
01:11:40 Maybe.
01:11:41 Weave sex
01:11:43 What do you do?
01:11:48 I guess stay on top.
01:11:51 So if you're makin' love
01:11:54 and you want to roll
01:11:56 you just got
01:11:58 Put all your effort in the bangs.
01:12:01 My advice for men
01:12:02 when they're making love
01:12:05 is keep your hands
01:12:07 That's probably the safest bet.
01:12:10 On the titties.
01:12:11 You can only touch
01:12:13 but if you get here,
01:12:16 Exactly.
01:12:17 You grab it during sex,
01:12:18 it's going to tear
01:12:20 It's going to hurt
01:12:21 if you grab it during sex,
01:12:22 'cause it's going to go
01:12:24 They don't want you
01:12:26 Maybe we stayed together
01:12:29 'cause Kunta Kinte could
01:12:35 thus bringing them
01:12:37 Kizzy was his daughter.
01:12:39 Oh, Kizzy was his daughter.
01:12:41 Does your wife
01:12:45 The question is,
01:12:50 So I hung out with her
01:12:52 You know,
01:12:54 to, like, maybe
01:12:57 You know, been over
01:12:58 laid up
01:13:00 I ain't get at it yet,
01:13:03 But I haven't ran
01:13:04 because I'm not sure,
01:13:07 ls that all her hair?
01:13:09 And I don't want to ask her
01:13:12 And I don't want to fool around
01:13:15 and say, ''Wait, wait, wait, wait.''
01:13:16 That ''wait, don't do that.''
01:13:20 I don't want to ruin the rhythm,
01:13:21 so I've been
01:13:23 where I ask her,
01:13:25 of messing with your hair
01:13:30 But I haven't got there yet.
01:13:31 I'm still waiting
01:13:36 Hold up there.
01:13:37 I was making love
01:13:40 And I was, you know,
01:13:44 You know what I mean, right?
01:13:45 You was getting it
01:13:46 Doggy-style!
01:13:49 And she told me--
01:13:51 She told me
01:13:54 And when I pulled her hair...
01:13:55 it came off.
01:13:57 I said, ''Uh-oh.
01:13:59 ''l think it looks like a man.''
01:14:01 - Oh, no!
01:14:03 - We ain't talkin' about that.
01:14:04 Baldheaded as could be.
01:14:08 So you cannot touch
01:14:09 You can't. Wrong.
01:14:11 Understandably so.
01:14:13 If you paid $150 for a haircut,
01:14:15 you wouldn't want people
01:14:17 You can't touch the weave?
01:14:20 When was the last time
01:14:21 1986, before the market crash.
01:14:24 The market crashed
01:14:27 The last time I was allowed
01:14:33 '86, somewhere in there.
01:14:35 White women love you
01:14:36 Pull it, yank it.
01:14:39 Jump off the ceiling with it.
01:14:41 Jump off the cliff
01:14:43 ls this why black men--
01:14:46 - Yes.
01:14:48 I don't favor them, though.
01:14:49 But some black men--
01:14:51 some black men do favor--
01:14:54 - White women.
01:14:56 Do you feel a level
01:14:59 that you cannot feel
01:15:00 - Yes, I do!
01:15:02 l'll speak up myself!
01:15:05 Because there's no rules.
01:15:06 I can do things with a white broad
01:15:09 Not true. You got to find
01:15:26 It's no secret that some
01:15:29 happen in barbershops
01:15:31 While the big hair business,
01:15:33 like manufacturing and distribution
01:15:36 these barbershops
01:15:38 employ thousands of black men
01:15:42 feed black babies,
01:15:43 and send thousands
01:15:46 And they continue to act
01:15:47 as social centers
01:15:49 As the barber,
01:15:53 I'm the doctor.
01:15:56 Whatever it is you need,
01:15:59 if I can help you,
01:16:00 It's still an industry
01:16:02 where somebody
01:16:04 make a lot of money,
01:16:07 be able to do something wonderful
01:16:10 and for their families
01:16:11 and maybe even
01:16:12 But there's this expression,
01:16:14 this creative expression
01:16:16 that I think is shown
01:16:19 all of these amazing
01:16:23 But what's the definition
01:16:25 Right there, that's style.
01:16:26 It's like a sculpture.
01:16:28 Hairdressers are superstars.
01:16:29 Barbers are superstars
01:16:31 that are bigger
01:16:35 What are your hair dreams?
01:16:37 I want to own
01:16:39 - Like lHOPs.
01:16:41 What's your hair dream?
01:16:43 What's my hair dream?
01:16:44 To own my own salon
01:16:48 Platform artist?
01:16:50 Right. Like
01:16:54 So here we are in Atlanta.
01:16:56 After months of rehearsals
01:16:59 fish tanks, Botox clinics,
01:17:01 churches, and day spas,
01:17:02 we finally made it to the
01:17:06 all in the pursuit of good hair.
01:17:08 Now let's break it down.
01:17:10 We have Jason,
01:17:12 the self-proclaimed
01:17:15 the favorite to win
01:17:16 even though
01:17:18 I told everybody
01:17:21 It's 3:05. It is what it is.
01:17:23 We've got Tanya and Kevin,
01:17:25 who have some
01:17:26 Oh, God!
01:17:28 And the heavenly Father
01:17:30 Victory, Lord,
01:17:31 in the name of Jesus
01:17:33 let Your will be done.
01:17:36 And then there's Freddie,
01:17:37 the old pro with the tragic history
01:17:42 Are they connected,
01:17:44 And then there's Derek,
01:17:46 a guy who's
01:17:48 Have you seen the boots?
01:17:50 Wow! That is some boot.
01:17:53 All of them as representative
01:17:56 as anything the Bronner Brothers
01:18:00 Yes, folks,
01:18:03 where it all begins
01:18:05 where the weave monster sleeps
01:18:09 It's the Bronner Brothers
01:18:12 Now let's get ready
01:18:16 Hair is a woman's glory.
01:18:20 And that you share
01:18:25 Okay, before we start,
01:18:28 First up, the beauty surgeon,
01:18:32 internationally known
01:18:36 hot comb expert
01:18:39 and, of course,
01:18:41 the legendary
01:18:49 Welcome to
01:18:52 Here are the basic rules.
01:18:53 There are four categories
01:18:55 that each contestant
01:18:57 originality, creativity,
01:18:59 hairstyles,
01:19:00 and audience participation.
01:19:02 There's a mandatory three-cut.
01:19:04 Three heads of hair
01:19:07 They have fifteen minutes
01:19:09 a fantasy look
01:19:11 And finally, they must present
01:19:18 Tanya Crumel
01:19:21 and raised
01:19:23 Tanya has been doing hair
01:19:26 under the instruction
01:19:29 She gives total thanks
01:19:33 Ladies and gentlemen, give
01:19:47 Can you feel the flows?
01:20:01 Tanya came to hit hard!
01:20:07 Don't hurt her.
01:20:25 She don't want
01:20:29 She wants a knockout.
01:20:35 Tanya Crumel.
01:20:40 How'd you feel?
01:20:41 I feel good!
01:20:45 ls there anything
01:20:49 Just when we were all certain
01:20:53 Jason's models arrived...
01:20:56 with 700 carats of diamonds.
01:21:00 Even our own camera crew
01:21:04 Would this be
01:21:06 in the 60th Annual Bronner Brothers
01:21:10 Let's see.
01:21:25 I was having
01:21:28 Oh, well,
01:21:39 Time to get that work done.
01:21:45 Exercise.
01:21:48 Getting in shape.
01:22:03 Now we know
01:22:06 No one needs to choreograph
01:22:09 If you like what you see,
01:22:11 let me hear some noise
01:22:42 Jason Griggers.
01:22:49 Will it be a knockout?
01:22:52 You're the best, Papa.
01:22:54 Thank you.
01:22:58 With such a hard act to follow,
01:22:59 I could see that Freddie
01:23:02 and internalizing the pressure.
01:23:04 Make sure when I cut you or curl,
01:23:06 Work the judges.
01:23:09 Seductive. Smile.
01:23:12 There's no question that Freddie
01:23:14 in the hair world,
01:23:15 but after the failure
01:23:18 her success will depend
01:23:20 to translate her concept
01:23:28 It's obvious at this point
01:23:31 is a thorn in Freddie's side.
01:23:34 Freddie will have to harness
01:23:36 and rely on a complicated concept
01:23:43 All right, make some noise
01:23:45 for Freddie J.,
01:23:58 Freddie had her whole camp
01:24:21 The judges have
01:24:24 Freddie really
01:24:29 Freddie knows how to handle it.
01:24:36 Oh, my goodness,
01:24:37 She tryin' to cut her hair
01:24:39 She's cutting
01:24:46 I think they threw her in.
01:24:50 I need some help.
01:24:55 Freddie had a secret move.
01:25:00 Freddie J.
01:25:03 Come on, Atlanta,
01:25:11 Aquarium, aquarium!
01:25:12 Freddie!
01:25:15 You did great.
01:25:16 How'd you think it went?
01:25:17 I didn't even
01:25:19 While Freddie and her team
01:25:23 scores of dancers and models
01:25:31 He is Bronner Brothers'
01:25:38 He will radiate
01:25:43 So you're closin' the show?
01:25:44 Yeah. They opened for me,
01:25:45 Now it's time
01:25:47 So you going to take this
01:25:49 Yes.
01:25:50 Good luck.
01:25:51 Ladies and gentlemen,
01:25:53 I know you are ready
01:26:00 He is Derek J.
01:26:25 He's in the house.
01:26:35 Oh, my goodness!
01:26:38 Remember,
01:26:40 allowed on stage is ten.
01:26:43 Anything more should result
01:27:06 Uh-oh.
01:27:08 I think...
01:27:10 he wants...
01:27:13 to knock out.
01:27:49 Ladies and gentlemen...
01:27:51 Derek J.
01:27:55 That was way more
01:27:57 - And nude.
01:28:00 You know what I'm sayin'?
01:28:02 You can have twenty dancers
01:28:06 but they can't be
01:28:09 Yeah, but if I get two plane tickets
01:28:13 and I show up with ten people
01:28:14 and go,
01:28:16 they don't let me on the plane.
01:28:18 I understand
01:28:20 So this man
01:28:23 It's a band.
01:28:24 Earth, Wind, and Fire
01:28:27 Even though the judges
01:28:31 Heavenly Father,
01:28:33 and claim victory
01:28:35 Who do you think won?
01:28:37 We did! Of course.
01:28:39 All right. Take care.
01:28:41 - Okay.
01:28:43 You guys still think
01:28:45 Of course.
01:28:47 There's no question.
01:28:48 We're more about
01:28:51 They need to bring it back
01:28:53 Jason's assistant was right.
01:28:55 At the end of the day,
01:28:58 And even though none of them
01:29:02 one of them was
01:29:07 Ladies and gentlemen,
01:29:08 we've got a champion.
01:29:15 Our winner is...
01:29:17 Derek J.
01:29:29 Did you all have Derek winning?
01:29:32 Yes.
01:29:34 Bringing out the marching band
01:29:36 actually used more
01:29:39 But they were not on the stage.
01:29:41 To be honest with you,
01:29:43 Everything tied in for him.
01:29:45 Jason was number two,
01:29:46 but he was actually first
01:29:49 But just like in basketball,
01:29:50 you have to play
01:29:51 Freddie's I didn't quite get it.
01:29:54 I was like, ''Well, where
01:29:56 You know,
01:29:58 ls there, you know,
01:30:03 It didn't congeal.
01:30:04 So, Tanya lost.
01:30:06 What advice
01:30:08 Originality.
01:30:10 Now, if she
01:30:11 and realized
01:30:14 some of the other competitors
01:30:17 She's new to this,
01:30:18 but maybe by the third time,
01:30:20 This is our Hollywood.
01:30:22 Competing has literally
01:30:28 In trying to understand
01:30:31 I've been all over the world,
01:30:33 and I've talked
01:30:35 I've seen sodium hydroxide
01:30:39 and in the heads
01:30:42 I've seen some people pay
01:30:44 and others
01:30:47 I've learned
01:30:49 generates billions of dollars...
01:30:51 mostly for white people
01:30:54 I've hung out with the best hairdressers
01:30:57 and watched a thrilling
01:31:00 I've seen black women
01:31:03 to give other black women
01:31:07 So what do I tell my daughters?
01:31:10 I tell them that the stuff
01:31:13 is nowhere near as important
01:31:15 as the stuff
01:31:20 Once we realized
01:31:23 then it became personal.
01:31:25 Now I am also free to be
01:31:28 So my relaxed hair
01:31:31 as African-based as an Afro,
01:31:33 because all of that
01:31:35 But I don't think it should be--
01:31:36 I don't think this is--
01:31:39 You know, it's just
01:31:41 It changes,
01:31:43 And it also alters the way
01:31:45 that you are perceived
01:31:47 Hair's very strong.
01:31:49 There is no good hair.
01:31:51 You have to embrace
01:31:53 and keep it moving.
01:31:55 You got to work
01:31:56 Or weave in
01:31:58 Or weave in
01:32:01 This is like soul music
01:32:04 We don't even know
01:32:06 really got weaves.
01:32:07 We should look at that, Chris.
01:32:09 We should find out
01:32:11 that we think got long, wavy hair
01:32:16 Black hair care manufacturers
01:32:18 have turned
01:32:21 into a chemical waste dump.
01:32:25 Who cares?
01:32:26 Not one piece of research
01:32:30 while we have gone
01:32:32 and walked on the moon,
01:32:34 when our scientists
01:32:36 on a black woman's head.
01:32:38 Natural hair is freedom.
01:32:46 Black women, yes,
01:32:49 But with us,
01:32:58 I just think that women
01:33:01 shouldn't point fingers
01:33:03 for whatever they're doing
01:33:06 Other than that,
01:33:08 because, trust me,
01:33:11 she going to bring