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5.6/10   169 votes
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Director:
Spike Lee
Writer:
Spike Lee (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor"... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
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Early thesis film proves Spike Lee worthy of filmmaker more (1 total)

Cast

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Monty Ross ... Zachariah 'Zack' Homer
Donna Bailey ... Ruth Homer
Stuart Smith ... Thaddeus (Teapot)

Tommy Redmond Hicks ... Nicholas Lovejoy
Horace Long ... Joe Ballard
LaVerne Summer ... Esquire
Africanus Rocius ... Spinks
Robert Delbert ... Fletcher
Alphonzo Lewis ... Deacon
William Badgett ... Silas
Herbert Burks ... True God
Vanita Taylor ... Jehovah's Witness
Lynn Dummett ... Jehovah's Witness
Loretta Cragett ... Model
Curtis Brown ... Photographer
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Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Company:
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks more

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Trivia:
This film was Spike Lee masters thesis when he attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. more
Quotes:
Zachariah: I sure as hell don't do no faggoty curls! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Spike Lee (#2.7)" (????) more

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Early thesis film proves Spike Lee worthy of filmmaker, 4 February 2002
Author: ebone84 from middlesex, nj

Joes Bed-Stuy Barbershop is Spike Lee's thesis film for NYU graduate school. With this film it is clear that Spike Lee would go on and make better and greater films. Spike Lee's film about a barber shop centers around the main character Zack. Zack takes over the barbershop after Joe is mysteriously murdered. But it becomes apparent that Zack will follow in Joe's footsteps down the wrong path. The movie is a glimpse into the world of an urban jungle where it's survival of the fittest whether you like it or not.

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