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HHMC is brought to you by a trio of longtime hip hop fans: JB, an 80s and 90s nostalgia junkie, Boogie, a veteran DJ and graffiti artist, and DynoWright, podcaster and filmmaker. Upcoming Hip Hop Movie Club events: Aug 16 - House Party screening and talkback, SteelStacks, Bethlehem PA. More information coming soon! More events to be announced! Subscribe to our newsletter and get updated on events: https://hiphopmovieclub.substack.com/

Catégories: Séries TV et Films

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Today on Hip Hop Movie Club: Set It Off, the 1996 heist movie starring Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett, and Kimberly Elise that was groundbreaking – in more ways than one!

Topics discussed:

This is Queen Latifah's first lead role, and one of the best performances of a rapper turned actor 👑
This film is also an ode to Black women friendship and sisterhood, with strong performances from the four leads to match 👩🏾
We see an early instance of an LGBTQ relationship in a major motion picture, and it's handled well without making it a clumsy plot point 🏳️‍🌈
The soundtrack is hip hop heavy and important to the heist sequences 🎤
Some of the themes (police brutality, racism, sexism, systemic oppression) are sadly still relevant, which gives the film a poignant quality 😓