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The Barber of Little Rock
The Barber of Little Rock

The Barber of Little Rock (2023)

64% User Rating
35min
Documentary

"One man's fight for a just economy"

Explores the racial wealth gap in America through the story of People Trust, a homegrown community bank in Little Rock, Arkansas, working to uplift a community that has been largely excluded from the financial engines that create wealth.

John HoffmanDirector

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Arlo Washington

Arlo Washington

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Terrence Anderson

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Erica Baldwin

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Shae Bogart

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Cocoa Broadway

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Allisen Douglas

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Tim Dubois

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Lyncola Franklin

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Scott Green

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Jameah Mallet

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Ron Marshall

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Kim O'Dell

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Lora Sandoval

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Roshanda Smith

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Debony Washington

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Ruby Welch

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Terrence Wilkerson

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Rating 60%

March 22, 2024

Arlo Washington is one of those inspirational men who believes that the best way for a community to help itself is, well, for it to help itself. To that end he initially set up a hairdressing college offering training before he realised there was potential to set up a community banking operation that could lend to local people to help them get their business off the ground - without making through-the-nose interest payments. It's a serious enterprise, they don't just give money away - those applying need to have a proper business plan and a strategy for repaying those loans so they can be reinvested elsewhere. He also attempts to identify the causes of what he causes "economic segregation" and that's painted with interviews from local people who want to create a legacy for themselves and for their descendants. In light of the recent sub-prime banking collapse, it does come across as just a little naive when it comes to the evaluation of why some people don't get the money they ask more traditional banks for, and it also makes some fairly stereotypical assumptions about lending strategies - but it's still quite an interesting look at just how people can work together to help themselves.

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