Filmmaker Nina Blackburn takes her camera and follows popular rap group, NWH (Niggaz with Hats). The band's 3 members explain their philosophy and reminisce about their many experiences -- which include run-ins with right-wing zealots, battles with rival rappers and the manipulations of greedy groupies.A mock-u-mentary of the rap scene following one fictitious band called NWH (Niggaz' With Hats).
A hip-hop satire in the mock-documentary style of "This Is Spinal Tap". Filmmaker Nina Blackburn takes her camera and follows popular rap group, NWZ (Niggaz with Hats). The band's 3 members explain their philosophy and reminisce about their many experiences -- which include run-ins with right-wing zealots, battles with rival rappers and the manipulations of greedy groupies.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
In Dolby stereo.
Review 1:
"...HAT gleefully skewers the genre's cruder attributes..."
Source: USA Today
p.6D 06/07/1994
Review 2:
"...Savvy and cheerful....[Cundieff is the film's] funniest performer..."
Source: New York Times
p.C15 06/03/1994
Review 3:
"...Rudely amusing..." -- Rating: B
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.39 06/03/1994
Review 4:
"...It provides lot of laughs....The movie is funny and fresh, and filled with wicked little moments..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.38 06/17/1994
Review 5:
"...The best hip-hop film of all, taking on obvious targets and sacred cows alike..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.85 08/07/2003
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