American Pimp
Documentary
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2000
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Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
9 Jun 2000
Country:
US
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A disappointing docu debut drom the gifted Hughes brothers, a soft, uncritical exploration of pimps that ignores issues of race, misogyny and violence; helmers seem carried away by the "exotic" lifestyle of this morally dubious profession.
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
5 Apr 2007