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2) Cutting Edge
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This one-hour verité documentary shows a day in the life of a successful barbershop on Harlem's 125th Street. The film shows the vital role community barbershops play as a forum for black men to discuss any topic, whether controversial or banal, sacred or profane, political or personal, in an environment of heated debate and/or male fellowship. Topics discussed in the film include HIV/AIDS, infidelity, gay marriage, greedy preachers, Bill Clinton,...
4) Barberland
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Barberland is a rich and humorous portrayal of a lost community that is fading into our vanishing Americana. Through tales told by the barbers who were there, we are taken back to a time when a good shave and a haircut made all the difference in your day, and people meant more than money. From the history of the barber pole to bloody shaving mishaps, a trip through Barberland is a journey that must be experienced before it's gone.
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Today, black-owned barber shops play a central role in African American public life. The intimacy of commercial grooming encourages both confidentiality and camaraderie, which make the barber shop an important gathering place for African American men to talk freely. But for many years preceding and even after the Civil War, black barbers endured a measure of social stigma for perpetuating inequality: though the profession offered economic mobility...
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