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Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop (2017) | Slate

Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop

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Shape Up: Gay in the Black Barbershop

This short film explores the hypermasculine attitudes that keep so many young gay black men from living their authentic lives in this critical space of black culture.

Released: 2017
Runtime: 28m

Direction and writing

Derrick L. MiddletonDirector

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