The Barter Barber
Ygnacio Cervio / Valeria Astudillo
Running
time:
4 mins
After losing four friends to suicide, crisis trained barber Sam Dowdall embarks on a road trip to change the current landscape of men’s mental health. Packing his worldly goods into a campervan, his canine co-pilot Bo at his side, Sam is determined to get men talking.
Dishing out positive strategies to the men in his barber’s chair comes easy to Sam, but will he be able to heed his own advice?
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