HBM159: Final Haircuts
/Scissors in front of a pile of grey and black hair. Digital render by Jeff Emtman. Scissor model by sweedboy69 used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Rocky Villanueva in his Berlin apartment. Photo by Jeff Emtman.
During a moment of personal turmoil, Rocky Villanueva gets an email from a long-time client. His client is in his final weeks of life, and is getting his last wishes taken care of. One of those wishes: to look like himself when he dies.
Rocky says that many hairdressers and barbers have similar experiences: helping their clients through the last stages of life and letting them look the way they want to look for a final time.
Rocky packs his haircutting tools and bikes across Berlin to spend an hour with his client, giving him a haircut and receiving advice on love and grief.
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Producer: Jeff Emtman
Music: The Black Spot, Serocell, Phantom Fauna
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