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| Letter to the President | 
 enlarge | Director: Gibson (iii), Thomas
Actors: David Banner, Common, Chuck D., Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 75142
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: QDE1998DVD
UPC: 014381199826
EAN: 0014381199826
ASIN: B000777ICY
Theatrical Release Date: March 29, 2005
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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.Special Features:Video Outtakes of Snoop Dogg's Narration Recording Session; Uncut Interviews from Dick Gregory David Banner Chuck D KRS-One M1 Russell Simmons and more.System Requirements: Running Time 90 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 014381199826 Manufacturer No: QDE1998DVD
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 THEY GET IT! February 6, 2008
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?
Society does not profit from incarceration June 4, 2006
3 out of 19 found this review helpful
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 for the same. Black males commit violent crime at a rate 8 to 12 times that of their white pears. Blacks actually receive lighter sentences than whites on average because they are more concentrated in urban areas where legal systems are more saturated.
 Letter to the President March 25, 2006
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
its refreshing to hear the rap, hip-hop point of view. the prisons for profit are the crime of the century. its legal slavery....
Great Introduction. December 1, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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 movies like this. And same goes for hip hop. Some artists sacrifice content and importance for money. The same is true of any genre of music though, just look at britney spears.
This movie attempts to explain the other side of the genre. It doesnt defend the bad, but it just says there are artists and songs out there with a deeper message, and in this case, a political message. Worth watching.
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