Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads is a 1983 student film by American filmmaker Spike Lee.WorldCat.org Lee submitted the film as his master's degree thesis at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Production 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. Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, composed the score.Library of Congress The film won a Student Academy Award.STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD 40TH ANNIVERSARY FILM posted by Gary Tellalian on Vimeo
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.Revisited: Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads - CutPrintFilm
See also American Taboo – another student film that also won the Student Academy Award the same year as Spike's film 1983 in film
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