
15 Oct 1940

The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
One day. Six cities. A thousand stories.
For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. Follow along as we leap from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day.
Musa / Andile / Mensah
Elnathan / Benjamin / Dwain
Samuel
Wallace / Timothy / Mohammed / Tinashe
Kwabena / Brian / Fabrice / Olawale
Tanaka / Fiifi
Tokunbo / Paul / Simphiwe
Emmauel
Ethan
Kwame / Simon / Wole
Winston / Shoni
Abram / Ohene / Sizwe
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