hair: the long and short of it

For a while now, I've wanted to make a documentary or photo essay on hair and its significance to various ethnicities. I haven't kept up with what's already out there.

PBS's arts show, EGG, has taken an interesting approach to hair. Rather than focusing on a single theme, they have taken a holistic approach: hair as art, hair as a function, and Hair the musical.

There's a documentary on mullets called American Mullet. I didn't know mullets were called "mud flaps."

There's a documentary on trichotillomania, or compulsive hair-pulling. Yowch.

I'd better get my notes together and get a move on. Don't want to let the ideas get too thin or start graying.