TEMPERATURES THEN TAKE A BIG NOSEDIVE, 10 BELOW IS WHERE WE
BOUGHT THEM OUT ON MONDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
FIRST YOU WANT TO MOISTURIZE
THE BEAUTIFUL THICK CURLS WITH
LEAVE IN CONDITIONER.
>> THAT OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT
FILM, HERE LOVE, IS GETTING A
LOT OF LOVE THIS WEEK, BECAUSE
OF THAT NOMINATION.
IF SCREENS ARE NOT YOUR THING
FOR THE LITTLE ONES, IT IS ALSO
A CHILDREN'S BOOK.
IN BOTH FORMATS.
THAT BEAUTIFUL STORY IS THE
SAME, IT IS ABOUT A BLACK DAD
LEARNING TO DO HIS DAUGHTER'S
HAIR.
HAIR.
HAIR. AND
HAIR. AND THOSE DUTIES FOR DADS MEAN
A LOT MORE THAN YOU MIGHT
THINK.
THINK.
THINK. HERE IS ADRIAN.
>> Reporter: HERE LOVE IT.
IT IS A SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTING
A BLACK DAD WHO LEARNED HOW TO
STYLE HIS DAUGHTER'S NATURAL
HAIR.
HAIR.
HAIR. HE
HAIR. HE QUICKLY LEARNS, IT IS NOT
EASY.
EASY.
EASY. A
EASY. A CHALLENGE MALEIC AND DAVID
ANDERSON KNOW WELL.
>> I HAVE FOUR GIRLS.
>> IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE
MY FINGERS CUPS WHIPPING.
>> IT LITERALLY JUST POPPED
BACK TO ME.
>> I HAD THAT DOWN PAT, AND A
TIME, THE RUBBER PENS KEPT
POPPING ON ME, THE LITTLE
TANNING ONCE.
TANNING ONCE. IT IS HARDER TO BRAID HER HAIR
WHEN IT WAS DRY THAN WHEN IT
WAS WET.
WAS WET.
WAS WET. >> I HAVE NO CLUE HOW I GOT THE
FLU OF IT.
>> MATTHEW JERRY, THE OFFER OF
THE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM THAT
HE WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD INSPIRE BLACK
FAMILIES AND SHOW BLACK DAD'S
IN A TENDER AND SUPPORTIVE ROLE.
TOO OFTEN, BLACK FATHERS ARE
LABELED AS ABSENTEE.
BUT, THE MOST RECENT DATA
AVAILABLE FROM THE CDC SHOWS
BLACK DOTS ARE MORE INVOLVED
THAN IN THE LIVES OF THEIR
CHILDREN THAN ANY OTHER ETHNIC
GROUP.
GROUP.
GROUP. ANDERSON SAYS PERHAPS THAT IS
BECAUSE DADS LIKE HIM DO NOT
ALWAYS SPEAK UP.
>> THAT I DID NOT HIGHLIGHT
THAT I DID IT, YOU KNOW.
I WOULD NOT SAY I WAS ASHAMED.
>> BUT WHEN OTHERS FOUND OUT,
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS
GIRLS FLY HERE, PRIDE.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS
PROUD OF MYSELF.
AND THEN 70 ACTUALLY
ACKNOWLEDGED IT.
ACKNOWLEDGED IT. >> YOU REALLY TAKE YOUR TIME,
SOMETIMES YOU COME OUT, LOOK AT
WHAT I DID.
AND IT IS A GREAT FEELING.
YEAH, I DID THAT BY MYSELF.
NOBODY COULD HAVE TOOK THAT
AWAY FROM ME.
BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN PRIDE
THAT YOU GOT, LOOK AT WHAT I
JUST DID FOR MY BABY GIRL.
>> THAT PRIDE IS ON DISPLAY,
FATHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
POSTING PICTURES AND HAIR VIDEOS
, SHOWING THEY, TOO, DO HAIR.
>> FIRST YOU WANT TO MOISTURIZE.
>> SOMETIMES I WOULD BE FANCY
AND DO FOUR PIGTAILS, BUT
USUALLY IT WAS JUST TOO.
STRAIGHT PART DOWN THE MIDDLE,
TWO TALES ON THE SIDE.
>> Reporter: BUT FOR THE STATS,
IT IS DETANGLING STEREOTYPES
AND ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION.
>> MY DAUGHTER JUST RECENTLY,
SHE WAS LIKE YEAH, I REMEMBER
HOW I USED TO DO HER HAIR.
AND IT IS A BOND THAT IS
CREATED FROM THAT.
THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY MY 21-YEAR-OLD
CALLS ME EVERY DAY, SHE BRINGS
THOSE STORIES UP, AND THOSE ARE
LIKE, I AM HER HERO STORIES.
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU CREATE
WHEN YOU'RE DOING THINGS WITH
YOUR DAUGHTERS, YOU CREATE THAT
HERO FOR YOUR DAUGHTER.
>> I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY,
MATTHEW CHERRY, THE AUTHOR, IS
INSPIRING OTHER DOTS TO BE
HEROES.
HEROES.
HEROES. AT THIS, SHERRY DOES NOT HAVE
ANY CHILDREN, IN FACT, HE USED
TO PLAY FOR VARIOUS SCENES IN
THE NFL.
THE NFL.
THE NFL. BUT WAS INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL
HAIR MOVEMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN
HE SAW THOSE DOUBTS POSTING
VIDEOS ON TWITTER AND SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
MEDIA. >>
MEDIA. >> I SEE WITH SOME OF THOSE,
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. THAT
TOO. THAT IS REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW
HE CONNECTED THE TOO.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW, DID
YOUR FATHER DO YOUR HAIR?
>> MY DAD DID MY HAIR ONE TIME
THAT I REMEMBER, IT WAS ON
PICTURE DAY.
PICTURE DAY. BUSES HARD.
BUSES HARD. MY MOM WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, SO
HE HAD NO CHOICE.
BUT LET'S SAY, SOON AFTER THAT,
I STARTED TO TAKE OVER.
>> YOU STARTED LEARNING TO DO
YOUR OWN HERE.
>> YEAH, AT A YOUNG AGE.
>> ONE THING I THINK IS
UNIVERSAL ABOUT IT, I KNOW IT
IS A VERY UNIQUE STORY ABOUT
BLACK HAIR AND THAT FATHER BUT
I CANNOT IMAGINE A TIME, MY DAD
NEVER CAME NEAR THE SINK, FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS.
OBVIOUS REASONS. >> I AM SURE YOUR DAD WOULD
HAVE BEEN GOOD.
>> IT IS THE LOVE, EVEN IF IT
DOESN'T LOOK THAT GREAT OF A SO
MUCH LOVE AND CARE INTO THEIR