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Player Hating: A Love Story

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A hip-hop artist named Half-a-Mill and his crew use music to try to escape from a life of poverty and violence in the Albany Housing Projects.

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Sara Stewart New York Post 04/06/2012
2/4
It's a sobering slice of life that puts actual faces to local violent crime statistics. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 04/05/2012
4/5
A sad chronicle of absent fathers and messed-up mothers, drugs as currency and violence as the period at the end of every argument. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Village Voice 04/03/2012
[Cuts] through the clichs about "thug life" to capture how violence is an integral, corrosive part of inner-city life. Go to Full Review Jennifer Merin About.com 04/11/2012
5/5
A rare insider glimpse at a lifestyle of deprivation that drums all ambition out of some youngsters, and pushes others to do whatever they need to do and can do to succeed. Go to Full Review David Noh Film Journal International 04/06/2012
Hardcore investigation of ghetto life is undoubtedly powerful but proves perplexing, intent-wise. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Maggie Hadleigh-West

Director

Maggie Hadleigh-West

Producer

Jasun Wardlaw

Original Music

Emmanual Bastien

Cinematographer

Kristen Eccker

Cinematographer

Steve McCauley

Cinematographer

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Movie Info

Synopsis A hip-hop artist named Half-a-Mill and his crew use music to try to escape from a life of poverty and violence in the Albany Housing Projects.
Director
Maggie Hadleigh-West
Producer
Maggie Hadleigh-West
Distributor
Area23a
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 6, 2012, Limited
Runtime
1h 37m