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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381199826
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 32638
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2005
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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.
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This was a surprise. These rappers get it. But, nobody, not even BET television want to show this side of hip hop. Why not? Are yuo afraid the younguns might really listen and make some changes and you won't be prepared? Well, prepare yourself. They get it. Who's next?
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I am repsonding to the first poster. The idea that society at large profits from incarcerating blacks is ludicrous.Prisons are an enormous drain on society's resources, that could otherwise be used for more constructive purposes. Incarceration is the way in which modern socities (humanely) protect themselves from criminal threats in their midst. There are specific companies which RUN prisons at a profit but taxpayers must still foot the bill. Incarceration rates for black males reflect crime rates ... Read More
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its refreshing to hear the rap, hip-hop point of view. the prisons for profit are the crime of the century. its legal slavery....
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Letter to the president is a wonderful introduction to the world of hip-hop. Like any genre of music, or movies or books, or even within a political organization there are people (in this case Hip-Hop artists) who are shallow and dont deserve the spotlight. Many people view rapping/hip-hop as a joke, and one large reason (although not the only) is because Hip-Hop Has become corporatized. Much like Hollywood has. I, Robot is a crappy movie meant solely to get as much money as possible. There are many ... Read More
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