Sydney Stallworth

Script 2

Visual Audio

Anchor Lead AS NEWCOMERS FLOOD THE DC AREA,

CHANGE CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER IN THE
CITY. BUT, THIS GRANDFATHER/
GRANDSON DUO, CUTTING HAIR IN
NORTHWEST DC, DEDICATE
THEMSELVES TO PROVIDING A CLASSIC
SERVICE THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS
COUNT ON.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS VISION’S,
SYDNEY STALLWORTH, TAKES US
INSIDE THE SHOP THAT IS A PILLAR OF
TRADITION ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE IN
A NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRANSITION.

NAT SOUND FULL :03 NATS FULL :03

VO
Shot of clippers buzzing on client’s neck (Nat
Sound) :03
Shot of barbers from back :02
Close up Shot of Frank Love face :03
84 YEAR OLD, FRANK LOVE, MANAGER
OF GREGG’S BARBERSHOP HAS BEEN
CUTTING HAIR IN THE CHAIRS OF HIS
SHOP SINCE 1961.

Panning shot to the Gregg’s logo on shop BUT, HIS SHOP HAS BEEN AROUND
window :03 MUCH LONGER, PROVIDING CUTS AND
Money exchange shot :02 SERVING AS A HUB FOR DC BLACK
Ali poster on vintage cash register :02 CULTURE FOR 105 YEARS.

2 Line CG (Clip 51 4:26) “Well I have some customers now that I’ve
Name: Frank Love been cutting their hair say 30, 40 years now.
Title: Gregg’s Barbershop
:08

THIS FIVE CHAIR BARBERSHOP, WITH

Wide shot of inside of shop :03 CHAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ALMOST
Close up of vintage barber chair :02 AS LONG AS LOVE, HAS SEEN A GREAT

1

Low shot of customer feet :02
Another shot by Howard Theater mixed race
pedestrians :03
Shot of residents outside shop:03
2 line CG (Clip 51 7:58)
Name: Frank Love
Title: Gregg’s Barbershop
:06
ON-CAM
BRIDGE
Name: Sydney Stallworth
Title: Howard University NewsVision
NAT SOUND FULL :02
VO
Shot of Tyrease cutting hair :03
Shot of tyrease cutting with frank :03
2 Line CG (clip 61 2:05)
Name: Tyrease Love
Title: Barber, Grandson of Love
:08
Shot of lone pedestrian :03
Shot oh howard theater street :04
Shot of more pedestrians on 7th st :02
Sydney Stallworth
Script 2
DEAL OF CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS.
AND WITH THE INFLUX OF NEWCOMERS
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SHOP HAS
MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE SHIFT OF
DEMOGRAPHICS IN SHAW.
“We dont cut a lot of white people, but quite a
few.”
ALTHOUGH GREGG’S HAS EXPERIENCED
SEASONS OF HARDSHIP, FRANK LOVE
ATTRIBUTES THE SHOP’S RESILIENCE
TO ITS DEDICATION TO PERSONALIZED
SERVICE AND THE HARD WORK OF HIS
GRANDSON.
NAT SOUND FULL :02
TYREASE LOVE HAS SPENT HIS DAYS IN
THE SHOP SINCE CHILDHOOD, AND HAS
BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE HIS
GRANDFATHER FOR OVER A DECADE.
“People like to be around family, know what
I’m sayin. Wanna feel like they’re a part of
family. So, they’re gonna keep coming back,
‘cus it’s just I guess they feel comfortable.”
THE ISSUE OF GENTRIFICATION IS A
CONTROVERSIAL ONE IN DC. SOME
LOCAL RESIDENTS FEEL THAT LONG
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 Sydney Stallworth
Script 2

STANDING, BLACK RESIDENTS ARE

BEING PUSHED OUT BY
DISCRIMINATORY “URBAN-RENEWAL”
POLICIES.

2 line CG
Name: Nona Davis “I would say they are definitely favoring the
Title: DC Resident (clip 60 :28) people who are moving into the neighborhood
:08 ad not the people that were originally in the
neighborhood”

Shot of close up of other barber :02 DESPITE THE CHANGES IN THE CITY,
Shot of front door :03 GREGG’S’ DOORS REMAIN OPEN, AND
Shot of Frank Love close up :03 FRANK LOVE IS OPEN TO LEARNING A
Shot of Frank and Tyrell together :03 THING OR TWO FROM HIS GRANDSON.

FOR HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS

VISION, I’M SYDNEY STALLWORTH.

ANCHOR TAG GREGG’S CHARGES 14 DOLLARS FOR A

HAIRCUT IN AN AREA WHERE MOST
COMPETITORS CHARGE AT LEAST
TWICE THAT AMOUNT.

GREGG’S BARBERSHOP CAN BE FOUND

AT 1909 7TH ST NW, NEAR THE
HISTORIC, HOWARD THEATER.