| | Letter To The President DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Urban Drama Movies, Urban Special Interest Videos, Education, Documentary, Action/Adventure, Music (General), Rap/Hip Hop, American History/Culture, Politics, Social Issues, Political | | Director | Thomas Gibson | | Composer | Quincy Jones | | Featured | Common, Chuck D, KRS-One, Dick Gregory, Guru | | Narrator | Snoop Dogg | | Producer | Russell Simmons |
This feature-length documetnary showcases hip hop's close-knit ties to America's social and political policies in the lst thirty years. See how those movements were destroyed by the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover, and witness rap's birth from those movements and its own progression from being music heard at weekend block parties to its lyrics being debated in the halls of Congress. Included are interviews from KRS1, Common, Davey D, Niger Innis, Guru, Dennis Kucinch, Dick Gregory, Tavis Smiley, Ghostface, Killah, Raekwon, Luke, Big Tigger, Amiri Baraka, Michael Eric Dyson, Larry Flynt, Daddy O, Dana Dane, Dr. Ben Chavis, Dame Dash, and more! Thomas Gibson's insightful, prescient documentary frames current political and social issues in a dynamic way, targeting an audience mostly neglected by current discussions: Black youth. A hip hop FAHRENHEIT 9/11, LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT traces our current repressive government to Ronald Reagan's time in office, when rap music shifted into more political realms as it began to be a hot topic on the Senate floor. Gibson also provides startling links between the government and the sale of crack cocaine in the ghetto; ultimately, the film examines the myriad ways the current administration functions as a repressive agent of control within the Black community. Gibson incorporates interviews with average people as well as countless celebrities, including 50 Cent, KRS-1, Mystic, Amiri Baraka, Ghostface Killah. Narrated by Snoop Doggy Dog, the film also features appearances by Democratic presidential nominee Dennis Kucinich, social commentator Michael Eric Dyson, Larry Flynt, and Damon Dash. Letter To The President | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.83) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  30717  | | CD Universe Part number | 6821503 | | Catalog number | 1998 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 28, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | Language, some drug content and violent images | | Running Time | 90 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
Letter To The President Movie Review Letter To The President DVD This feature-length documentary showcases hip-hop's close-knit ties to America's social and political policies in the last thirty years. Even before hip-hop, black musical artists of the past have been at the forefront of civil rights and black power movements of the late '60s and '70s. See how those movements were destroyed by the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover, and witness rap's birth from those movements and its own progression from being music heard at weekend block parties to its lyrics being debated in the halls of Congress. Letter to the President delves deeply into President Ronald Reagan's policies that negatively affected minority communities and inspired pioneer rap artists such as Grandmaster Melle Mel and Run DMC to tell the whole world about it in song. Then in the "glamorous" '80s, as some people prospered and many minority communities suffered, artists such as Russell Simmons struggled to get laws overturned that targeted those minorities.
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Outtakes: "Snoop Dogg's Narration Recording Session"
Deleted Scenes: Uncut Interviews With Featured Artists
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