Genre:
Culture & Society
Theatrical Release: 06/09/2000(USA
Release Date: 01/01/2001
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time:
Flags: Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Albert and
Allen Hughes, the writing and directing team of
Menace II Society and
Dead Presidents, turn their
documentary eye to the world of street pimps in this
1999 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Competition entry. The black urban pimps interviewed here open up to reveal their world and their secrets to the camera in a film that is not about sex, but about power. We meet pimps named
Filmore Slim,
C-Note,
K-Red,
Gorgeous Dre, and
Rosebudd as they discuss their business, including percentages, lifestyles, stealing "ho's," and the Player's Ball. These men exude charm and charisma, and boast
rock-star status in their communities, with expensive clothes, cars, and bankrolls. The film works as an allegory to the film and music industries, where people are lured with glamour and money, only to be used as commodity and tossed out once they have passed their prime. The film also traces the history of the street pimp from the '20s to the present, with particular emphasis on the '70s pimp, whose lifestyle was exposed in the
blaxploitation films of the '70s. ~ Chris Gore, All Movie Guide
;)
