ABOUT THE FILM
When David stops by Vera’s, the neighborhood barbershop, he gets more than a haircut. The brothers in this shop will make you laugh and think with their sharp wit and social commentary.
Talkin’ Shop, Tichawonna’s directorial debut in film, was shot in one day with 2400 feet of film.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
SOWANDE TICHAWONNA, an independent filmmaker from Washington, D.C., earned his B.A. in broadcast production from Howard University.
Tichawonna along with fellow Howard alumni Fred Brown Jr. and Shuaib Mitchell Kedar formed Progressive Productions, a television production company. He was executive producer and director of photography for the documentary Straight Up Go-Go, which received critical acclaim and garnered an impressive second place in the Nielsen ratings for its time slot during its 1992 television debut in the D.C. market.
In 1994, Tichawonna co-founded the AIVF-DC Salon of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers--a national organization based in New York. He chaired the AIVF-DC Salon from 1994 to 2000.
Tichawonna won the Mayor’s Arts Award 2000 for Outstanding Emerging Artist. The Mayor’s Arts Award is Washington, D.C.’s highest honor conferred on an artist.
