The Tao of the Black Plastic Comb

Montage, lifestyle, lyrical, Children/kids, A voice over of a poet reciting a poem while we see a montage of African Americans using hot combs and other cultural references, wooden horse rocking, natural light, African hair, young African American girl in a white dress, picking dandelion, washing hair in a sink, water dripping from car, family photos in living room, wet hair, Afro, woman sitting on bed looking out a window, elderly woman treating young girl’s hair, combing hair, hot comb, barber shop, mother using hot comb on daughter’s hair in kitchen, African American male with earphones on, hair cut, young boy gets hair cut, barber, African American man with hat on, smoking hot comb, doing hair, hair straightening, African American grandmother and grandaughter in church, little boy sleeping in church, preacher, Sunday, young boy running in a house with a blue cape, child playing, young girl’s hair being braided, young girl sitting in living room, doing hair, silhouette of girl standing in a doorway, shots of young girls dressed in white dresses, sunlight trees, twins sisters, twins, baby, school bus, baby playing with doll, school bus interior, empty school bus, moody

Director: Irving Hillman
Production House: Gravy Films, Nowness