Skid Row

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Skid Row

R

2007

1h 20m

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Fugees musician Pras Michel spends nine days on the streets of downtown Los Angeles as a homeless man.

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Monica Hesse

Washington Post

[Skid Row is] less about finding humanity in the homeless population and more about realizing how a change of circumstance could lead even the most cocooned viewers to find dark inhumanity in themselves.

Aug 23, 2007

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

...Skid Row too often comes to feel like a vanity project, with the focus of the film frequently shifting away from Skid Row's history and people to Pras's sketchy immersion in homelessness...

Rated: 2/4

Aug 22, 2007

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

Pras, one of the founding members of the hip-hop group The Fugees, goes undercover to shed light on the plight of the homeless.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 28, 2008

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

An eye-opening and necessary look at a large, plain-view problem that most people would simply rather ignore.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 5, 2007

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

[Pras] has done something significant and substantial in terms of awareness of people who, for all their addictions and self-abuse, are still human beings.

Aug 27, 2007

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Depressing but does a reasonable job of exposing the reasons why people become homeless and why they chose to stay that way. Count your blessings.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Very interesting, some facts I did not know: 1. LA has double the homeless than NYC 2. Skid row is a 5 block radius, I thought it was one street 3. There are 5 missions and a prison within the borders or skid row Obviously very sad and hard film to watch. Not a very typical style documentary. I don't really know what else to say. Very interesting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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fugee member pras goes undercover as one of the 20K or so homeless persons living in a 5 block radius of downtown los angeles. skid row, as we learn, has fallen victim to harboring homelessness since the early 1900s... with hobos looking to change their life, vietnam vets in the 60's, crack and other addicts in the 80s and now a conglomerate of them all including those suffering from serious mental illness. few are able to break free from this bondage, and this disturbing documentary shows how even if little, hope lives in the deepest darkest recesses of man.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

An eye opener. Sad reality in the worlds richest country.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Fucking intense. Powerful story of Skid rown in Downtown LA. I place I love to visit when there....not Skid Row...but down town. Having a homeless little bro made this documentary hit home for me. I'm so glad I quit drinking and drug before trying crack. Probably would have done me in. I actually had to quit watching...too painful.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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it will be an eye opener for lots of people and nothing new to some. its real life

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Ross Clarke

Director

Niva Dorell

Director

Marshall Tyler

Director

Bryan H. Carroll

Executive Producer

Teryn Fogel

Producer

Jessie Fuller

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Fugees musician Pras Michel spends nine days on the streets of downtown Los Angeles as a homeless man.

Director: Ross Clarke, Niva Dorell, Marshall Tyler
Producer: Teryn Fogel, Pras Michel
Production Co: Screen Media Films
Rating: R (Drug Content|Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2009
Runtime: 1h 20m

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