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.
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!!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.