Representing the magazine in the Best Documentary Short Film category will be "The Barber of Little Rock," about a Black small-business owner fighting racial discrimination in banking. "Knight of Fortune," an offbeat comic drama set in a morgue, will compete for Best Live Action Short Film.
"The Barber of Little Rock" tells the story of Arlo Washington, an Arkansas man striving to help fellow African Americans overcome bias in banking. Washington operates a barber college where students learn to cut hair and run their own businesses; he also manages People Trust, a credit union dedicated to serving the Black community, whose members face extra barriers in receiving loans and other means of financial support. John Hoffman, a winner of four prime-time Emmys, co-directed the film with Christine Turner, and the retired N.B.A. star Dwyane Wade served as one of the executive producers. The directors told The New Yorker, "While the racial divides in our country remain dauntingly complex and seemingly impossible to overcome, Arlo Washington shows us a way forward-a way, as Arlo says, 'to level the playing field and create economic justice.'"
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