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Directed by Spike Lee Starring Monty Ross Cinematography Ernest R. Dickerson Director Spike Lee Music director Bill Lee | 4.7/10 IMDb Written by Spike Lee Music by Bill Lee Initial release 1982 Screenplay Spike Lee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Spike Lee
Zimmie Shelton Production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Cast Monty Ross, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Horace Long Similar Do the Right Thing, Crooklyn, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, She's Gotta Have It | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads is a 1983 independent film by Spike Lee. Lee submitted the film as his master's degree thesis at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Lee's classmates Ang Lee and Ernest R. Dickerson worked on the film as assistant director and cinematographer, respectively. The film was the first student film to be showcased in Lincoln Center's New Directors New Films Festival. Lee's father, Bill Lee, composed the score. The film won a Student Academy Award.
Plot
The film is set in a Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn barbershop where customers come to hang out, discuss various issues, and get a haircut. The manager, Zack, took over after Joe was killed by a gangster who used the shop as a front for a numbers racket. Zack wants to keep the shop legitimate but the gangster wants to continue the deal he had with Joe.
