Movie Filmmaker and Producer Matthew A. Cherry on the Black American Family

Modern entertainment is a powerful conversation starter about important cultural issues, and there’s no better trailblazer than today’s guest Matthew A. Cherry. Matthew A. Cherry is an Academy Award winner, former NFL player, New York Times bestseller, and now successful filmmaker, writer, and movie director. Today, we’ll talk about Matthew’s newest animated short film and children’s book, Hair Love, and his career in shedding light on modern social and cultural issues within the Black community, the value of film in bringing awareness to these issues, and how to use film to empower communities to be who you are and not who others want you to be!