A judge has denied an injunction preventing the release of Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” after Regina Kimbell, producer and director of “My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage,” sought to halt the film’s release. She claims that “Hair” copies substantial elements from her own movie.
- 10/19/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The producer-director of "My Nappy Roots" is suing Chris Rock for $5 million over his new film "Good Hair." Full story...
- 10/7/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Wrap Staff
Chris Rock is having a bad “Hair” day.
Filmmaker Regina Kimbell is claiming Rock’s new documentary “Good Hair,” which opens Friday, rips off her 2005 documentary, “My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage.”
Kimbell claims that there are over a dozen similarities between the two films and that Rock screened her film -- which won the Pan African Film Festival's best documentary award in 2007 – on the set of his TV sho...
Chris Rock is having a bad “Hair” day.
Filmmaker Regina Kimbell is claiming Rock’s new documentary “Good Hair,” which opens Friday, rips off her 2005 documentary, “My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage.”
Kimbell claims that there are over a dozen similarities between the two films and that Rock screened her film -- which won the Pan African Film Festival's best documentary award in 2007 – on the set of his TV sho...
- 10/7/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
Funnyman Chris Rock is at the centre of a $5 million (£3.5 million) lawsuit from a woman alleging he stole her idea for his forthcoming documentary about African-American hairstyles.
Regina Kimbell has filed a suit at Los Angeles' District Court claiming the inspiration behind Rock's Good Hair film came from a documentary she made in 2005, which she showed the comic on the set of his TV series Everybody Hates Chris in 2007.
Kimbell alleges Rock ripped off her ideas from My Nappy Roots, which features celebrities who discuss different hairdos. Rock's documentary, which premieres in the U.S. on Friday, also features famous names talking about the topic.
She is seeking $5 million (£3.5 million) in damages, according to TMZ.com.
Regina Kimbell has filed a suit at Los Angeles' District Court claiming the inspiration behind Rock's Good Hair film came from a documentary she made in 2005, which she showed the comic on the set of his TV series Everybody Hates Chris in 2007.
Kimbell alleges Rock ripped off her ideas from My Nappy Roots, which features celebrities who discuss different hairdos. Rock's documentary, which premieres in the U.S. on Friday, also features famous names talking about the topic.
She is seeking $5 million (£3.5 million) in damages, according to TMZ.com.
- 10/6/2009
- WENN
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