‘The Barber Of Little Rock,’ Oscar-Contending Film About Heroic Warrior For Economic Justice, Gets Assist From Dwyane Wade
deadline.comNBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade is considered one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball, winner of three NBA championships and a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
For those accomplishments, he and the rare sports figures on his level earn widespread public adulation. “As athletes, we get tags on us — called heroes.
We’re looked at as heroes, by a lot of people in the world,” Wade notes. “And I’m not saying that that’s not right for what we do, but when you talk about real heroes, we’re talking about the Arlos of the world.” The Arlo he’s referring to is Arlo Washington, the man at the center of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Barber of Little Rock, directed by John Hoffman and Christine Turner.
Washington became a successful barber and later founded a barber school in the Arkansas capital, but he didn’t stop there. Out of a converted shipping container in the parking lot of his barber school, Washington runs People Trust, a nonprofit loan center.
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