Oscar-Nominated Film “The Barber of Little Rock” Explores Banking While Black | Amanpour and Company
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- "The Barber of Little Rock" is a short documentary that follows the story of Arlo Washington. He runs a barber college in Arkansas and a credit union dedicated to serving the Black community. The film exposes issues of segregation and economic inequality that persist in America. Washington and filmmaker John Hoffman joined the show shortly after they received the news that the film was nominated for an Oscar.
Originally aired on January 24, 2024
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This is so great! More of this please! I’m so tired of Trump vs. Biden, war, etc. Finally something to smile about.
Agreed. I wish we had many, many more reports and stories about people like Mr. Washington and projects and businesses like his.
@@bucketofbarnaclesThese authentic, natural human accomplishments hold no profit value for corporate media owned capitalist economics. Won't happen.
Right! A Silver Lining! ❤
@@bucketofbarnaclesrespectfully, I wish things like this didn’t need to exist. Because while to others, this is a “feel good” story, this is our lives as a Black community. This is sad. While I’m grateful and happy for him and what he is doing, this wouldn’t even be a thing if there was really equity and equality in the US.
I love this! Imagine if there were hundreds of businesses like People Trust in Black communities all over the country. The life experiences of these people were at one time my experiences. This story affects me profoundly.
These are the stories we so need today. Thank you Amanpour & Co!
This is the most heartwarming story I've seen in ages. Mr Washington is good people. Little Rock is one of far too many cities that have cut off their minority communities from the services we take for granted. His program is something that should be promoted across the country.
Excellent film, thank you. Blessings to Arlo and Little Rock Arkansas community.
What an excellent documentary. Mr. Washington, you are such an inspiration to so many.
I watched the documentary and was so impressed and inspired by Mr. Washington. When I saw this interview I immediately clicked to watch and Mr Washington continues to impress me. He’s such an eloquent man but you can feel that his words are fueled by his passion and the powerful vision he has in supporting and elevating his community. Amazing man, incredibly evolved human, really look up to you, Mr. Washington!
Arlo Washington is doing God's work!!!! Absolutely fantastic. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
My brother is 57 years old and has had only one barber...my mother started taking him to the barber at 3. Barbers are important.
May God continue to bless Arlo Washington and the community he serves. His work is inspiring.
Clearly, Arlo Washington has an 'Oscar" golden child of potential and he is a hell of a teacher ! -The clip lends an impetus to the voices of those who would have been voiceless! Thank God for those free of the shackles of racism and open to leveraging the financial playing field. sah
Mr Washington is such an inspiration. Keep it up my brother 👍🏾👍🏾
This is a beautiful story. I am glad to see something other than people tearing each other down.
It's on the NYT CZcams channel for free ❤❤❤
czcams.com/video/1amOPUn49aM/video.htmlsi=A0RTlte4lg6_Dsf9 👍👍
How amazing is this...... and about time!!!!!!
Awesome interview and information! Awesome work he's doing in the Little Rock community.
By fostering economic empowerment, advocating for equitable policies, and supporting individuals and businesses like Arlo Washington & the People Trust Community, we can build a foundation for generational prosperity. Coming together with a shared vision of progress and leveraging our collective strength will be instrumental in creating lasting impact and securing a brighter future for generations to come. We have the momentum to pave the way for change. It's about investing in those that invest in YOU!
Well done, Sir! 👏🏼
This is truly great work to meet a great need. The wealth gap in our country is significant and detrimental to our society.
Excellent short film. I hope it wins an Oscar.
Hooray 👏🏽🎉. Well done 👍🏽....
Excellent!
Truly a ministry helping the least of these.great documentary ❤
We need more people like Mr. Washington, meeting people where they are and fulfilling their most immediate needs. Bravo for his good work!
WoW Respect to Mr. Washington and Thanks to Mr. Hoffman and Ms. Turner for shining and spotlight on a working solution to the wealth-gap in America. Or at least a working model to address the problem. Kudos to the Clinton administration for developing the program.
Love you Mr Washington. God bless you and preserve you always. Blessings. Need more like you in this world
This is a wonderful film! Very inspiring and I hope they win an Oscar for it, but if they don't they are still winners!
Wonderful interview, interesting and informative! An African woman won a Nobel Prize for her system of loans to women especially who had no collateral and just needed a very small investment like 100 or 200 dollars to start a small business. No banks would ever bother with people with no credit history and no collateral, but she found that almost 100% of these loans were repaid and also often changed the lives of not just the family of the original borrower but often other friends and neighbors who became involved. Villages could be transformed by a few of these very small loans and a little bit of trust or faith.
Will you list the name?
@@LKonandupward Thanks for your reply. She is from Ghana and her name is Esther Afua Ocloo. I’d forgotten it myself and had to look it up lol, and when I did I found out she had won the Nobel. I’d confused that with someone else, but everything else is right. Have a lovely day!
@@cherylalt101 found it. Thank you. I looked under Nobel Prize and did not see her.
I love this! Imagine if there were hundreds of businesses like People Trust in Black communities all over the country. The life experiences of these people were at one time my experiences. This story affects me profoundly.
Well done! this is very inspiring, I am so proud of this gentleman for thinking of others in his community 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you, Arlo !! Congratulations on your success. I hope this will rub off on the new governor (Sarah Sanders). One of her 1st acts as governor was the eliminating college credits for African American studies throughout the entire state. And she's a mother too. How would she feel if she were sending her children off to school to learn about everyone else's culture and to appreciate them and not being appreciative of their own. It's not as if the so-called black community isn't already undervalued. And she did so without explanation or cancelation of any other credits. How does that help people? What does that accomplish?
John Hoffman should put a percentage of the net dollars he is gaining from this documentary back into Arlo Washington's small loan and banking system, if he really felt gratitude toward the community and them allowing him in to tell their story and gain recognition and awards from their story.
I feel like the relationships portrayed are not just about money, in the community and in the filming of the short film. There was a study where they paid people to donate blood and less people donated blood because it was about the gift, not the money. I would be wary of reducing this dynamic down to $$ = gratitude
"The Money Machine"! This topic should be discussed and taught by parents to their children for them to understand the rewards and consequences of their financial future.
I'm hoping that this can be modeled in more poor and underserved communities. Predatory lending keeping people poor and lost what they've worked for but cant pay back at 20+% rates and banks saying people don't pay which is true if the Rate of Return is 15+%. Someone with limited income can't pay that back a loan with such a high rate especially if they needed money until there check comes in within a few days or a week.
Thanks Arlo for taking this risk.
Saw this documentary about a week ago...great news
We must love ourselves and each other. Economic justice benefits all lives and communities and cities and states and countries.
Another case for Reparations...
Exactly!!!!
Reminds of Mohammed Yunis microcredit financing plan as well.
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Absolutely great what Mr Washington is doing, but the documentary misrepresents the black community in Little Rock. This is only part of the story. Little Rock actually has a large black middle class with bank accounts and professional careers.