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Barber Shop - Ep 3: Detroit / USA

The car industry moved away to low-wage countries and over a million citizens left the city: ‘Motown’ became ‘Ghost town’. Barber Shop Detroit tells the story of nostalgia and pride against a background of economic recession.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 4: Rio De Janeiro / Brazil

Brazil has well prepared itself for the Olympic Games of 2016, to embrace sports enthusiasts from all over the world. However, the people from the favela’s have, as always, been forgotten. Barber Shop Brazil talks about current state of the favela’s and of the common man’s fear, not of drug dealers, but of the police.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 5: Smara Refugee Camp / Algeria

Set in the Western Sahara, Barber Shop Algeria tells the story of the last colony in Africa: since Morocco illegally annexed the territory of the Sahrawi, this nomad population has been living in refugee camps along a long Moroccan wall built in the middle of the desert.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 6: Pretoria West / South Africa

South Africa has known a turbulent history of occupation, discrimination and violence against the black population. The white middle class is slowly slipping away into poverty, resulting in violence, excessive drugs and alcohol abuse.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Breathing Underwater

Women of all ages diving in all depths in Korea.

First Hand Films | 2016 | 52 minutes

Brothers On The Line

Narrated by Martin Sheen, Brothers On The Line is an award-winning documentary feature exploring the extraordinary journey of the Reuther brothers — prolific union organizers who led an army of laborers into an epic struggle for social justice.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 81 minutes

Chez Jolie Coiffure

Filmmaker Rosine Mbakam is invited to step inside a Brussels salon, Jolie Coiffure, with the charimsatic owner, Sabine.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 70 minutes

Clarissa's Battle

A single mother’s fight for child care for all

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 89 minutes

Come Back Anytime

The story of a master who created a community in Tokyo, one bowl of ramen at a time

GOOD DOCS | 2021 | 57 minutes

Don't Give Up Your Voice!

Looks at the inspirational resistance of Argentinians to the government of Mauricio Macri, whose election preceded Trump's but whose style and policies are eerily similar.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 41 minutes