Barber Shop
As opinion maker, as confessor, as story collector, as society barometer, small talk in a barber shop measures the state of our world, offering dialogue and human resilience as a hopeful perspective for the future.
Subtitles: English
Directed by:Luc Vrijdaghs
Season 1
S01:E01 - Clacton-on-Sea UK
In Clacton-on-Sea, a small seaside town, barber Susan and her clients reflects on current European issues like migration, religious extremism, economic decline and the position of the UK vis-à-vis the EU.
S01:E02 - New Delhi India
A beauty parlour owner and survivor of an acid attack has made it her mission to give beauty and self-respect to the women around her.
S01:E03 - Detroit USA
Barber Roberto used to be a hairstylist for the Motown artists of Detroit - but it's a much different scene today.
S01:E04 - Rio De Janeiro Brazil
Barber Pedro rents the chairs in his barber shop to local teenagers, but only if they stop getting involved in drugs and crime.
S01:E05 - Smara Refugee Camp Algeria
A barber runs a shop in a refugee camp in the middle of the desert.
S01:E06 - Pretoria West South Africa
Barber Shop South Africa brings the story of this impoverished white middle class who decides to insulate itself from the outside world and settles in strict religious communities on the countryside.
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