No Ifs or Buts

Filmed over a 22 year period, No Ifs or Buts delivers a portrait of Soho barbershop, Cuts, an iconic London hub for street fashion and pop innovators. Guided by freewheeling founders James Lebon and Steve Brooks, who met when one was a rockabilly and the other a New Romantic, the salon moved from early ’80s postpunk roots to become a hip-hop club and communal hub for DJs, photographers and style icons. But the film "is not just about the haircut", delivering an intimate portrait of Steve struggling with a traumatic past that threatens to derail the Cuts universe. The film traces profound and often tragic change in the hairdressers' lives within the wider context of the UK's political and cultural landscape- an anthem to the promise of youth and the friendships that endure over a lifetime.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

93 minutes

Year:

2018

Director:

Sarah Lewis

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Company:

Felt Culture

Cast:
Steve Brooks

A. Daniel

Roydon Davies

Pete Dowland

Goldie

Crew:
John Hoare

Director of Photography

Sarah Lewis

Director

Nic Tuft

Producer

Sarah Lewis

Producer

Lucy Guard

Associate Producer