No Ifs or Buts (2018)
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.
Director: Sarah Lewis
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Steve Brooks as |
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A. Daniel as |
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Roydon Davies as |
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Pete Dowland as |
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Goldie as |
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James Lebon as |
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Mark Lebon as |
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Normski as |
| Camera | John Hoare | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sarah Lewis | Producer |
| Production | Nic Tuft | Producer |
| Directing | Sarah Lewis | Director |
| Production | Giorgio di Mitri | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Kopelman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lucy Guard | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jenny Selden | Co-Producer |
| Production | Anna Wulff | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Daniel Goddard | Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Goddard | Music |
| Editing | Sarah Lewis | Editor |
| Editing | Ken Sallows | Editor |
| Sound | Steve Anderson | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gary Cummings | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Aiden Hobbs | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Daniel Kempson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Jenny Selden | Cinematography |
| Crew | Nic Tuft | Cinematography |
| Crew | Anne Scott Wilson | Cinematography |
| Editing | Gwyn Evans | Colorist |
| Editing | Ken Flanagan | Additional Editor |
| Crew | Rory Rooney | Thanks |