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Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads

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Spike Lee's graduate school thesis film centers on a young man named Zack (Monty Ross), who takes over as the manager of a Brooklyn barbershop after the former owner, Joe (Horace Long), is killed by local gangster Mr. Lovejoy (Tommy Hicks) for trying to skim money from the numbers racket he runs out of the store. Zack wants to legitimize the barbershop, but, when business slows down and Mr. Lovejoy comes calling, he's tempted to follow down the same path as his predecessor.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Any Spike fan shouldn’t pass this up if the opportunity presents itself. Rated: B Dec 1, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Spike Lee

Director

Monty Ross

Zachariah

Donna Bailey

Ruth

Stuart Smith

Thaddeus (Teapot)

Tommy Redmond Hicks

Nicholas Lovejoy

Horace Long

Joe

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Synopsis Spike Lee's graduate school thesis film centers on a young man named Zack (Monty Ross), who takes over as the manager of a Brooklyn barbershop after the former owner, Joe (Horace Long), is killed by local gangster Mr. Lovejoy (Tommy Hicks) for trying to skim money from the numbers racket he runs out of the store. Zack wants to legitimize the barbershop, but, when business slows down and Mr. Lovejoy comes calling, he's tempted to follow down the same path as his predecessor.
Director
Spike Lee
Producer
Spike Lee, Zimmie Shelton
Screenwriter
Spike Lee
Production Co
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 0m