Cherry dedicated the win for Best Animated short film to Kobe Bryant, who won the same award two years ago.
You probably don’t remember Matthew Cherry’s NFL career, unless you were really into Akron football or the deepest part of the league’s depth charts 15 years ago.The former Akron wide receiver who saw time on the rosters of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens won his first Oscar on Sunday for Best Animated Short Film, accepting the award with producer Karen Ruper Toliver for his work “Hair Love.
The win is an incredible accomplishment given that the film originated as a Kickstarter organized by Cherry, who spoke of his desire to make a movie about an African-American father’s relationship with his daughter and figuring out how to do her hair. Cherry cited a lack of representation in mainstream animation as a reason for doing the project.
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