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00:00When you put your hands through a black woman's hair you learn everything you ever need to
00:08know about her.
00:09Hair is a place, always a reason for women to come together.
00:13That's good, right there, right there.
00:16Oh yeah.
00:17You're done.
00:18Girl, I think I'm going to need a cigarette.
00:23I need to see your license.
00:29Bigology, huh?
00:30Mm-hmm.
00:31Is that where this place is?
00:34Freedom.
00:35My grandmother, she let me wear my hair wild one weekend.
00:41Freedom.
00:42One weekend of freedom in 25 years.
00:46Like what's always been inside of you has finally got set free.
00:49I need to see their licenses too.
00:52These ladies are my students.
00:55They're my trainees.
00:57This license doesn't give you the right to train anybody.
00:59If you're going to do this, you have to be sure and you have to be brave.
01:05If I catch you at this again, I'll close you down and may arrest you.
01:11On what charge?
01:12Making a living?
01:13I became a braider as a way to touch and heal black women's souls.
01:23You ask her what she wants.
01:26She says she wants the rest of her body.
01:31This case is about black women everywhere being refused the right to earn an honest living.
01:36I know it's just hair.
01:39There is no such thing as just hair.
01:45Freedom.
01:49The art of braiding should be set free.
01:53You married a very fierce woman and I like her so much.
01:57I like her too.