Discussion: exploration of how black women adjust their self-images to world they live in faced with messages coming from the media and beauty industry. + Networking at the Open The Gate the Cultural Café

The Ultimate documentary on black hair that reveals the significance and pride of African hairstyles prior to the first arrival of enslaved Africans to America; the cultural and social struggle that created the billion dollar ethnic hair care industry-that exist today.

Produced before Chris Rock's GOOD HAIR, it was at the centre of both a controversy and an eventual US court battle in 2009.

MY NAPPY ROOTS tells its story largely through the voices people who were, and are, instrumental in the changes that have influenced the cultural images, aesthetics and behavior of Black Americans. Filmmakers Regina Kimbell and Jay Bluemke assemble a world-class line-up of celebrities such as Vivica A. Fox, Patti LaBelle, Ella Joyce and Malcolm-Jamal Warner to name a few.