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American Pimp is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Albert et Allen Hughes released in USA on 9 june 2000 with Antonio Fargas

American Pimp (2000)

American Pimp
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Released in USA 9 june 2000
Length 1h27
OriginUSA
Rating65% 3.2946553.2946553.2946553.2946553.294655

American Pimp is a 1999 documentary that examines the pimp subculture in the United States. It was directed by the Hughes Brothers, the filmmakers behind Menace II Society and Dead Presidents.

The documentary consists of first person interviews of people involved in the pimping lifestyle ("the game"). The interviews are separated by short clips from 1970s blaxploitation films such as Willie Dynamite, The Mack, and Dolemite.

The first portion of the documentary focuses on pimps working illegally. The illegal pimps that are interviewed are from all over the United States, e.g., Charm from Hawaii, Fillmore Slim from San Francisco, and Payroll from Las Vegas. These pimps, and many others discuss their theories on the history of prostitution. The pimps go on to talk about their philosophy on pimping, and how they live their daily life.

The film also discusses the legal sector of prostitution. Dennis Hof, the owner of the Bunny Ranch in Nevada, is interviewed. He feels that Nevada is much smarter than the other states because they have imposed the proper health and background checks on prostitution, instead of trying to suppress prostitution by making it illegal.

The majority of the documentary glorifies the pimping lifestyle. The pimps and prostitutes interviewed mainly discuss the perks of the lifestyle. They talk about the money they have made, and the expensive suits and cars they were able to buy. However, near the end of the film, the interviews involve prostitutes that have died from the lifestyle as well as pimps who have retired and hold straight jobs or those who are now in jail.

Actors

Antonio Fargas

(Link Brown)Don "Magic" Juan

(Himself)Heidi Fleiss

(Herself (archive footage))Max Julien

(Himself)Rudy Ray Moore

(Dolemite)Roscoe Orman

(Willie Dynamite)
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