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Barbershop: The Next Cut

CTL-W-0919 · Work

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Third Barbershop film

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Film (work_type: film) (2016) Director: Malcolm D. Lee Theatrical release April 15, 2016 Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Synopsis places the story in Chicago

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Policeman talking to employee of Ten-cent store whose trade is predominantly Negro. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Policeman talking to employee of Ten-cent store whose trade is predominantly Negro. Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
The Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. State St., Chicago — Anthony Overton’s Black Metropolis business headquarters — CultureTechLens
The Overton Hygienic Building, 3619–6227 S. State St., Chicago — Anthony Overton’s Black Metropolis business headquarters — CultureTechLensPhoto: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
African-American barbershop, Aberdeen, Miss., c.1920 — CultureTechLens
African-American barbershop, Aberdeen, Miss., c.1920 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Mississippi Department of Archives and History (CHARM collection), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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