Rampage (2006 film)
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Running time 1h 58m Genres Documentary, Musical Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Duration Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2006 Initial release November 24, 2006 (United Kingdom) Cast Steve Cannane, Cousin Bryant, Angel, Steve Bradjic, Cyrus Similar movies Fluor Film , Hip Hop: A Tale from the Hood , Bombin' , Straight Outta Compton , Boyz n the Hood , Hustle & Flow Tagline Forget About Baghdad, Miami’s Off The Chain ! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rampage is a 2006 documentary by Australian war artist, George Gittoes. It is a sequel to his previous documentary, Soundtrack to War. The film follows the lives of three brothers living in Miamis notorious brown sub ghettos.
Hip hop performers Swizz Beatz, Fat Joe and DJ Kaleb appear in the film.
Following his film about music and war in Iraq, Soundtrack to War , Producer/ DirectorGeorge Gittoes slices into the mirky underbelly of the Giant Land of the Free. RAMPAGE is another Gittoes journey into the forbidden zones; – America’s war in Iraq, and in it’s own backyard – life in a Miami ‘hood – an exploration of hiphop’s musical innovations, as important as the field s the field hollers, the blue, the blues, and jazz, which also began in the black ghettos, and went on to evolve as major music styles.
Background
Elliot Lovett, whom Gittoes befriended during the filming of Soundtrack to War, told him of his family and his younger brother Marcus, who he insisted was a gifted poet-rapper. Gittoes made the trip to Miami to meet the family, with the intention of creating a Stateside sequel to Soundtrack to War, continuing the theme of music in a dangerous place.
References
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