YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE BELOVED OSCAR-WINNING ANIMATED SHORT FILM HAIR LOVE.

IT'S CENTERED AROUND A BLACK FATHER NAVIGATING HOW TO CARE FOR HIS DAUGHTER ZURI AND HER HAIR.

FILMMAKER MATTHEW, A CHEERY EXPANDED ON THAT SHORT FILM BY CREATING YOUNG LOVE FEATURING SURREY AND HER FAMILY LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

HERE'S A LOOK.

>> WE ARE I KNOW WITHIN A TWO-HOUR WAIT, ZING, YOU DO NOT NEED WIND.

YOU CAN YOUR HEAD AND NOW.

>> THE TRUCK WAS JUST TRYING YOU ARE READY FOR THAT RED CARPET GUERRERO.

>> WREG'S SHAY THE LOOKING FABULOUS EVER TOO.

AND LOOK OVER THERE.

IT'S YOUR AS YOUR HEATING WITH ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT HAIRSTYLES I'D EVER SEE.

WAIT, WHAT IS THIS?

>> AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON HIS NEW SERIES IS CHICAGO NATIVE MATTHEW, A CHERRY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WELCOME.

>> YOUNG LOVE IT SET ON THE WEST SIDE, SPECIFICALLY WEST WHY WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, BOTH MY SIZE AND MY FAMILY ARE THE WEST SIDE OF A CHICAGO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN IT COMES TO CHICAGO REPRESENTATION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT CHICAGO, NORMALLY THE SOUTH SIDE AS WE GET ALL THE REPRESENTATION.

SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO HONOR MY FAMILY KIND OF THE LIFE THAT AND TAKE THAT THEY LIVED AND KIND OF HOW THEY HAD TO STRUGGLE AND COME YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO SHOW LOVE TO THE WEST SIDE TO, OF COURSE, THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WESTSIDE CHICAGOANS YOU KNOW, IT WILL RESONATE WITH THEM.

BUT IN WHAT WAYS ARE YOU HOPING THE SERIES MIGHT RESONATE WITH NON CHICAGOANS?

>> YOU KNOW, WHICH IS RELATED WILL YOU KNOW, CHICAGO'S WERE IMPROVED.

BUT WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO SET IN THE HARD WORK AND CITY CODE IS REPRESENTED THOSE STRONG MIDWESTERN VALUES.

>> SHOWS ABOUT A YOUNG MILLENNIAL COUPLE IN A STEVEN ANGELA, WE'RE JUST COMING UP THIS HEALTH-CARE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE MIX THERE.

26 YEARS OLD AND THE OF THIS YOUNG DAUGHTER THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BE PRESIDENT FOR.

SO THEY'RE BOTH TRYING TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS, BUT ARE ALSO WE TURN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING THEIR DAUGHTER A GOOD LIFE, TOO.

SO IT'S A NEW CHARACTERS THE READY TO FIND.

AND HARRY LINICK CHICAGO ZONE ALSO STARTED.

HIS NEW CHARACTERS IS A JURY'S GRANDPARENTS.

AND WE HAVE TEAM ARE CRACKS IN ITS EARLY ROUNDS.

SO THIS REALLY DO SHOW THIS FUNDING FUN, FUN COMEDY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

>> SO GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WITH HAIR LOVE, YOU FIT A LOT OF STORY AND A LOT OF EMOTION INTO JUST A FEW MINUTES.

HOW DID YOU GET?

HAHA?

>> YOU JUST THE POWER OF ANIMATION, YOU KNOW, GOT A GREAT TEAM GOT A NEW NEW, A STORY.

WE WANTED TO TELL HIM NEW.

YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAIRSTYLE THAT JURY WANTED TO THE SUPER IMPACTFUL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE MOM KIND OF LOST ALL HER HAIR DEALING WITH CHEMO WITH SOME I'VE SEEN BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE THE BIG JOB IN JUST HOW IMPACTFUL, YOU KNOW, HAIR IS TO BUY PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY IN JUST FELT LIKE A REALLY GREAT PART OF THE STORY TO GOING TO DROP IN ON THIS FAMILY.

AND NOW SHE'S FEELING BETTER AND GET BACK TO WORK IN THE SHOW.

>> I'M HERE.

LOVE WAS BORN OUT OF WANTING TO PROMOTE HAIR AMONG YOUNG, YOU KNOW, MEN AND WOMEN COLORED WOMEN OF COLOR, YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MUCH OF OUR HAIR IS WRAPPED UP IN OUR IDENTITY AS BLACK PEOPLE.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ALL OF IT.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SHOW WE REALLY TRY TO SHOWCASE JUST BEFORE RANGE, YOU KNOW, FROM PEOPLE WITH, YOU KNOW, NATURAL CUTS TO LOGS TO NO HAIR, YOU KNOW, DO WE EASE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN?

THAT JUST MAKES US WHO WE ARE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LIKE WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY AND GIVE YOU THE FULL CONFIDENCE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL >> DID YOU DID YOU EVER THINK THERE'S SORT OF A LACK OF IN WHAT WE SEE ON TELEVISION AND IN THE MEDIA AND MOVIES WITH REGARDS TO HER HAIR.

>> YEAH, FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY COULD HAVE A MOVEMENT IN THE 80'S.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN HAIR AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CONFORM A LITTLE BIT TO THE BEAUTY STANDARDS.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF HEAT THAT PEOPLE CAUGHT, YOU KNOW, ROCK AND AFROS BACK IN THE 70'S AND THINGS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS ALL EVOLUTION.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING TALENT.

BETTER ROCKING THESE NATURAL HAIRSTYLES.

THESE GOING TO BE RIGHT AT THE FOREFRONT AND JUST COOL TO SEE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CROWN ACT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THESE MOVEMENTS THAT ALLOW US TO BE WHO WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN RELAX AND WORK A CERTAIN JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, WASN'T LIKE THAT.

ALWAYS LIKE EVEN CERTAIN SCHOOLS ARE LIKE TURN THAT HE'LL BE MAKING GRADUATED.

THEY ANSWERED HAIRSTYLES A BREAK.

SO IT'S JUST CRAZY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY THERE'S BEEN A TENSION MADE TO IT.

SO NOW WE CAN GET BACK TO BEING OURSELVES.

YEAH.

>> OF YOUNG LOVE PICKS UP WHERE HAIR LOVE LEFT OFF.

AND I STARTED WATCHING YOUNG UP WITH MY 10 YEAR-OLD SON AND HE TOLD ME I CAN'T WATCH ANYMORE.

BUT WITHOUT HIM WE KNOW THAT IN THE SHOW, AS WE'VE 6 YEAR-OLDS ARE E IS THE DAUGHTER OF STEVE IN VOICE OF MISS GOODY.

ALSO KNOWN AS KID AND ANGELA YOUNG BOYS RACE TO RAISE.

YOU'VE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STORY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL WHAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME ALSO THE HAIR IS ITS OWN CHARACTER.

>> THAT WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO REPRESENT FOR YOUNG FAMILIES.

YOU YOU KNOW, FATHERS THAT TATTOOS AND THAT LOOK LIKE YOUR TYPICAL FATHER THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THIS THAT COMES BACK IN THE DAY?

WELL, YOU THAT MEETING LIKE, OH, I LIKE THAT.

I GOT AT US LIKE I AM A SHOW FOR MY DAUGHTER 100% IS LESS ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK AT JUST WHERE YOU CAN SHOW UP.

AND YEAH, IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION.

YOU KNOW, WE GET A CHANCE TO SEE STEVEN.

HIS WORLD TURNED TO ME IS THE PRODUCER TRYING TO COME UP IN THE CITY.

WE SEE ANGELA WORKING IN THE NATURAL HAIR SALON THAT SHE WORKS AND TRYING TO KIND OF GET BACK FROM THIS ILLNESS AND THOUGH SEASON KIND OF FILES OR JOURNEY AND JUST TRYING TO GET BACK TO.

SHE WAS IN FILM AND SHE'S LOST A LOT OF TIME AND THERE IS VERY, YOU KNOW, JUST SUPER CONFIDENT BECAUSE HE'S A TYPE A AND C KID THAT WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD SHE SEES A PROBLEM.

SHE'S GOOD, TRY TO FIX IT.

SO IT'S A REALLY FUN SHOW IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT BOTH ADULTS AND KIDS CAN WATCH.

>> YES, HE'S A PRECOCIOUS LITTLE PERSON.

ISN'T SHE?

IS THAT YOU YOURSELF?

YOU HAD AN UNCONVENTIONAL CAREERED.

PATHY WENT FROM BEING A FORMER NFL WIDE RECEIVER TO ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER FEW SECONDS LEFT.

WHEN DID THIS PASSION FOR YOU BEGIN?

>> REALLY JUST GROWN UP IN THE CITY.

YOU OBVIOUSLY JUST GROWN UP WATCHING GREAT MOVIES.

SO MANY AMAZING LOCAL VIDEO STORE THAT WAS RELEASED FROM HIM YOU KNOW, WANTING TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY OWN STORIES TO KNOW SHOWCASES THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET TO SEE THERE'S A CABO GET SUCH A BAD RAP AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND A MISS SCHOOL TO PUT SOME ON THE WORLD THAT SHOWCASES THE POSITIVE SIDE OF KIND OF LIKE CHICAGO AND JUST HOW FAMILIES PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

>> OK, MATTHEW, A CHERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

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