Directed by:
Joseph KahnScreenplay:
Joseph KahnCinematography:
Matt WiseCast:
Anthony Michael Hall, Calum Worthy, Debra Wilson, Walter Perez, Jon Park, Jackie Long, Yves Bright, Rory Uphold, Becky Wu, Ili Ray, Ryan Ochoa, Vivian Lamolli (more)VOD (2)
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Penned by celebrated Toronto battle rapper Alex Larsen (a.k.a. Kid Twist), the film assumes the perspective of Adam (Calum Worthy), a white, purportedly progressive graduate student who infiltrates a community of diverse battle rappers for the sake of an edgy thesis. Before long he develops his own predilection for skilfully slinging rhymed insults and epithets as a competitive poet, and Kahn plays out the premise like a twitchy funhouse mirror of 8 Mile, cleverly subverting the Eminem vehicle's trajectory to a sardonic and sobering effect. The result also functions as a cultural mirror, one that invites you to laugh, gasp, and most importantly - perhaps most damningly - to invite recognition. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Anthony Michael Hall
USA
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Calum Worthy
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Debra Wilson
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Walter Perez
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Jon Park
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Jackie Long
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Yves Bright
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Becky Wu
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Ryan Ochoa
USA
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Vivian Lamolli
USA
Eric Allen Smith
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Faithe Herman
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Lee Coc
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Andy Milonakis
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Daniel Rashid
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Cleveland Berto
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Jean Elie
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Shoniqua Shandai
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