Manscaping
An Afrofuturist, a naked fetishist, and a community activist walk into a barbershop…
A film by Broderick Fox
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- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Audio
- Stereo
- Subtitles
- 6 languages
- Quality
- 4K UHD
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
About the film
MANSCAPING is an intimate documentary portrait of three queer men who are reimagining the traditional barbershop. Devan Shimoyama is a Black American artist, fast on the rise, whose barbershop painting series draws upon Afrofuturism and drag to envision the Black barbershop as a more inclusive space. Jessie Anderson is a young transgender Canadian barber and proprietor of Big Bro’s Barbershop, where trans, gender nonconforming, and queer customers know they won’t have to ‘go back into the closet’ to get a haircut. Richard Savvy, Australia’s ‘naked barber’, is a fetish barber/porn actor, and former ‘Sydney Mr. Leather’ who invites you to leave your shame and clothes at the door and to add the transformative power of kink to your cut. Their stories, artistry, and activism model ways we can cut through the toxicity of male fragility in favor of social inclusion and personal freedom.
- Directed by
- Broderick Fox
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What people are saying
- Best DocumentaryReelQ Pittsburgh
- Uplift AwardGeelong Pride Film Festival
- Honorable MentionBest Documentary, OUTShine LGBTQ+ Film Festival
- Honorable MentionBest Documentary, University Film and Video Association Conference2023
- Festival Director’s PickQueerscreen Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival
- Festival FavoriteCinema Diverse Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival
- NomineeBest Documentary, Merlinka International Queer Film Festival
“All three speak with warmth and candour about their attempts to make people look and feel good, and how the simple act of getting a cut is so much more than the sum of its parts.”
“Manscaping succeeds because it introduces so many elements of the LGBTQ+ experience through a single vantage point. Racism, sexism, economic disadvantage, the struggle for self-love and acceptance are explored via hair without lecturing or condescension. The three voices smartly manage to express listening, which is what fifty percent of talking should be.”
“In the process of combing through the insights his three subjects offer around grooming, body hair, gender identity, and gender presentation, Fox’s film uncovers some poignant — and even startling — revelations about social roles, common spaces, and the breadth and depth of masculinity.”
“The relationship between grooming and masculinity gets tweezed out in Broderick Fox’s documentary, Manscaping, that follows three queer men redefining the traditionally hyper-masculine space of the barbershop.”
“With a shared resolve in detoxifying the masculinity of barber shops, this entertaining documentary champions the power of social inclusion and personal freedom.”
Inside the film
Cast & crew
- Broderick FoxDirector, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
- Devan ShimoyamaActor · Self
- Jessie AndersonActor · Self
- Richard SavvyActor · Self
- Lee BiolosProducer, Sound Recordist
- Ronit KirchmanComposer
- Scott JohnsonSound Designer, Music Editor
- Deborah WildsmithExecutive Producer
- Andrew CollinsExecutive Producer
- Gregg RainwaterCo-Executive Producer
- Gregory RobertsContributing Producer
- Diana KeelerColorist
- Luke WilderSound Effects Editor
- César Martínez BarbaAdditional Cinematographer
