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The Barber of Little Rock

John Hoffman, Christine Turner · USA · Documentary · 35 min · 576K views

Directed by John Hoffman, Christine Turner · Starring Arlo Washington, Terrence Anderson, Erica Baldwin, Shae Bogart · 2023

Barber turned banker Arlo Washington works to help his Little Rock community escape predatory finance and the racial wealth gap.

Oscar-nominated portrait of a barber fighting the racial wealth gap one loan at a time.

John Hoffman and Christine Turner’s short film follows Arlo Washington as he helps members of his community escape the hazards of banking while Black. "The Barber of Little Rock" is nominated for Best Documentary Short a

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