Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop (2000)
three worlds / two million voices / one generation
90 min
Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop is a cinematic tour de force that is unprecedented in film or hip-hop history. From the mind of Brooklyn actor, performance artist and hip-hop activist Danny Hoch, this film spins out the stories of ten lives shocked by global hip-hop, the prison system and life in general. Moving masterfully in and out of the characters while the camera cuts from film narrative to live performances, Danny blows your mind and makes you look at cultural power in a new way that is hysterically funny, tragically sad and uplifting all at once.
- Release date
- May 1, 2000
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $10
Cast
- Danny Hoch as Danny, Bronks, Flip, Sam, Gabriel, Victor, Peter, Andy, Emcee Enuff
- Lynn Schlansky Hoch as Lynn Schlansky
- Gina Brooke as Maritza
- Pablo Herrera as American Tourist
- Jeff Peters as Dave
- Héctor Arias as Brooklyn Rapper
- Jahaira Duarte as Brooklyn Rapper
- Jackie Garcia as Brooklyn Rapper
- Doble Filo as Cuban Rapper
- Insinto as Cuban Rapper
Crew
- Mark Benjamin · Director
- Danny Hoch · Director
- Danny Hoch · Writer
- Garth Belcon · Producer
- Mark Benjamin · Producer
- Mark Benjamin · Cinematographer
- Brian A. Kates · Editor
- Sue Crystal · Casting director
- David Ellis · Production designer