Nappily Ever After

Violet Jones (Sanaa Lathan), a successful advertising manager, is all about her hair in NAPPILY EVER AFTER. Why wouldn’t she be? Ever since she was a child her mom, Pauletta (Lynn Whitfield), has been straightening and preening, straightening and admiring, just waiting for her daughter to attract “the right one.” It’s all going according to plan. Clint (Ricky Whittle), a handsome doctor, is expected to propose at a surprise birthday party. Unfortunately, “tragedy” strikes on the big day, when Violet’s long, straight locks are drenched by two kids washing a car. That one incident sets a series of life-changing experiences and realizations in motion. First, she meets Zoe (Daria Johns), a precocious little girl who loves her own nappy hair and calls Violet on her pretension. Then, the fragile woman is devastated when the Tiffany-boxed gift she receives isn’t a ring after all. A fight, a breakup, a bump at work, and it’s clear that the smooth path she and her mom laid out for her isn’t going to happen. In “chapters” called “Straightened,” “Weave,” “Blonde,” “Bald,” and “New Growth,” Violet is forced to revise her plans, as well as everything she thought she knew about herself and her hair.