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Skid Row (2007)

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Grammy-winning Fugee Pras Michel explores the troubling reality of homelessness by shedding his million dollar duds and living in the five block radius of Los Angeles known as "Skid Row" - an area where poverty runs notoriously rampant - in this documentary co-directed by Marshall Tyler, Ross Clarke, and Niva Dorell. For nine days Michel trades his stardom for the anonymous life of a typical homeless man, struggling to find food and shelter in a bit to better understand the arduous plight of the

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Documentary, Special Interest

Directed By: Ross Clarke , Niva Dorell

In Theaters: Aug 24, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Mar 25, 2008

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Critic Reviews for Skid Row

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[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.

August 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Monica Hesse

Washington Post

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

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

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

September 5, 2007 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

[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.

August 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

...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...

August 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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Alright documentary but wouldve been ALOT better if they put a hidden cam on a person who actually lives on Skid Row.The other thing that ruined it for me was knowing that after Pras Michel's 9 days were up, He would be going back to his house in Beverly Hills

October 15, 2009

Brody Manson

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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

January 10, 2011