Skid Row (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Ross Clarke, Marshall Tyler, Niva Dorell
IndiePix Price: $17.50
RUNTIME - 97 minutes
RATING - R (MPAA)
YEAR - 2007
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In the feature documentary SKID ROW, Pras Michel -- one third of the successful hip-hop band The Fugees -- lives on the streets of Skid Row for 9 straight days and nights as a homeless person. The entire time he and his crew are undercover, using surveillance cameras.
GENRES - documentary, politics
other videos:
Official Trailer, Interview Part 1, Interview Part 2
Film Info
Skid Row is a 50-square block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place -- it's a way of life, a mind set, the last resort for those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves.
In the feature documentary SKID ROW, Pras Michel -- one third of the successful hip-hop band The Fugees -- lives on the streets of Skid Row for 9 straight days and nights as a homeless person. The entire time he and his crew are undercover, using surveillance cameras.
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Skid Row recently received an excellent review on 'Rotten Tomatoes'. Described as "hard-hitting", "eye-opening and necessary", and "significant and substantial", many reviewers have found Skid Row to be an important film that gets to the heart of the many-layered issues surrounding homelessness.
Find the complete Rotten Tomatoes reviews here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008747-skid_row/
