A Discussion on the visibility of Black Artists in Animation: MATTHEW A. CHERRY

The Collective Film & TV Chapter and The Student Animation League

present

A Discussion on the visibility of Black Artists in Animation and Film with

MATTHEW A. CHERRY

MATTHEW A. CHERRY personally raised over $280K on Kickstarter to make the award winning short film, HAIR LOVE, which was adapted into a picture book for Penguin Random House. It was released in May 2019, the book immediately became a New York Times Bestseller, and was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Picture Book. HAIR LOVE won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2020.