The Barber's Diaries » Altamont http://www.thebarbersdiaries.com The Inner Mind and Powerful Voice of a Visible Man Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:44:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Video Story Treatment: “The Barber’s Diaries” http://www.thebarbersdiaries.com/2010/01/10/video-story-treatment-the-barbers-diaries/ http://www.thebarbersdiaries.com/2010/01/10/video-story-treatment-the-barbers-diaries/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:47:47 +0000 admin http://www.thebarbersdiaries.com/?p=137 barbersdiariesadFilmmaker and director Kevin Willmott has teamed with Outpost Worldwide – an independent film and HD video production studio – and writer David Henderson to bring a remarkable, very timely and inspiring story to television screens. It’s The Barber’s Diaries, the story of Charles Everett Ellis, who was a barber in Altamont, a small Illinois town during the 1920s, and the only black man in town. We believe we, as a nation, are at a historic time when such a story carries a profound message.

Kevin recently sat down in an Outpost Worldwide studio to talk about the importance and timeliness of the project.

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Special thanks to Mr. Pete Seeger for his storytelling guidance on the project, and to Mr. Alvin Oliver of Altamont, Illinois, for his invaluable assistance.

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