Hair Love Receives An Oscar Nomination For Best Animated Short Film

Congratulations to Matthew Cherry on your Oscar Nomination for the best animated short Hair Love.

Congratulations @MatthewACherry on your Oscar nomination for "Hair Love"! #OscarNoms
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— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) January 13, 2020

Matthew Cherry gave daily updates on the “hair love” kickstarter and then the animation process and now it’s nominated for an oscar oh my god. The Grind.

Hair Love is the story of a father learning to style his daughter’s hair.

Wow! And to have @IssaRae announce it! It feels like a dream. Huge thanks to our great team @BruceAlmighteee @Mr_Scribbles @KDRupe @Monica_aYoung @DanielDCrawford @LionForgeDave @CarlForge @lionforge our kickstarter backers & @SonyAnimation for believing in us. @TheAcademy pic.twitter.com/2sVn7LqWk9

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) January 13, 2020