DeAndre Arnold's high school told him he couldn't walk at graduation unless he cut his dreadlocks. Now he's at the 2020 Oscars with the 'Hair Love' team.
In January, DeAndre Arnold was told by his Texas high school that he had to cut off the dreadlocks he’s had for years or he’d be suspended and banned from the school’s graduation ceremony.
On Sunday, the 18-year-old — who has since transferred schools and still has his locs — was headed with Matthew A. Cherry’s “Hair Love” team to a very different event: the 2020 Oscars ceremony. After news broke about Arnold’s situation, “Hair Love” producers Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade and director Cherry reached out on social media and invited him and his mom to attend the Academy Awards. Their film about a black father who learns to style his daughter’s hair is nominated for animated short.
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