On Oct 7, 5:06 pm, Taylor <lukebenw....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Regina Kimbell Sues Chris Rock To Block 'Good Hair'
> 10/ 7/09 03:48 PM | AP, KJIH-TV Media
>
> http://tinypic.com/r/2luc5g5/3
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> Read More: Chris Rock, Chris Rock Sued, Film, Good Hair, My Nappy
> Roots, Regina Kimbell, Entertainment News
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> LOS ANGELES — A filmmaker is suing Chris Rock for at least $5 million
> and trying to block the release of his upcoming documentary "Good
> Hair."
>
> Regina Kimbell sued Rock and several film companies in federal court
> in Los Angeles on Monday, claiming Rock's project is a copycat of her
> film, "My Nappy Roots."
>
> Kimbell states she screened her film for the comedian in 2007. The
> lawsuit states "My Nappy Roots" traces the business and cultural
> history of black hair care and has otherwise only been shown at
> colleges and film festivals since its completion in 2006.
>
> Her lawsuit claims several of elements of her film have been copied.
>
> Rock's publicist declined to comment.
>
> "Good Hair" will be released in certain cities on Friday and
> nationwide on Oct. 23.
>
> Read more at:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/regina-kimbell-sues-chris_n_...
Chris Rock On Being Sued
Filed under: Legal Matters > Chris Rock
Chris Rock is being sued by a woman named Regina Kimball for allegedly
stealing the idea for his documentary Good Hair from her documentary
Nappy Roots.
And, now, Chris just weighed in on the situation:
"It's weird because I called her to see the movie, and told her I was
doing a movie, so it's not like anybody was hiding it. It's like, 'I'm
thinking about doing a movie on hair.' It was really to watch it to
make sure I wasn't going to make that movie. The only similarity is
her movie goes to India and mine goes to India, but I don't even know
if she went to India. I think she got footage. That's about it. Her
movie is about [hair care entrepreneur Madam] C.J. Walker, histories
of hair, men, women… She'll probably be able to sell it now because of
Good Hair, but it's not humorous at all. If you did two documentaries
on George Washington, there'd be some similarities, but they're not
the same documentary. We'll see what happens. I guess I'll talk to my
lawyers later today."
Ha!
He raises a good point we didn't think about before. People make
documentaries on the same things all the time, but they tell different
stories.
Now it seems like Chris knew what he was doing!
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