The film takes pains trying to convince viewers that what they are seeing is genuine by having characters maneuver the camera in an overly awkward manner, but the director’s influence is unmistakably visible. The problem lies in the inability to realistically capture the environment and events of the central child’s life.
However, the commendable material stops there, for outside of the film’s conceptual innovation, Gang Tapes is a tedious and ineffective piece of work. Additionally, there are some decent inclusions involving the kid setting the camera up in his room as he flexes and acts “gangster” for an imaginary audience. thug life, scenes occasionally begin and end messily, as actual recordings would. Largely shot by a 14 year old boy who is quickly being drawn into the South Central L.A. To address the positives, the film does a good job of maintaining the continuity of what is intended to be seen as home video footage. In fact, it misses the mark by a wide margin. Of course, I say “in theory,” because Gang Tapes doesn’t exactly reach the potential of that setup. Rather than enhancing the visceral nature of fear and paranormal happenings for the purpose of nail-biting horror, the concept, in theory, is meant to heighten the gritty realism of poverty-stricken, crime-riddled communities, ultimately confronting the audience with tough truths. And I appreciate her and others like her because they challenge my beliefs and I feel that in these times that’s important.Released just two years after The Blair Witch Project popularized the found footage genre, Gang Tapes was – to my knowledge – the first film to use the approach to chronicle the day-to-day life of black urban youth. He later added: “I haven’t done a lot of reading and I don’t feel well equipped as a leader in these times. That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work.”
Some assume to know who the song is about. “Right or wrong I can’t say, but I can say it was honest. I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night. The rapper responded earlier this week, saying: “I stand behind every word of the song that dropped last night. “Stop expecting Black women + femmes to spell shit out for y’all bc you don’t wanna google,” said one Twitter user. I wish we could learn that w/o two artists I admire having a public dispute.”Ĭole received backlash from some listeners when he shared the track. “I can agree with that and can apply it in my own life. “Everybody’s argument on either side is, we can’t personally attack each other if we really want to see a revolution,” he wrote. He followed it up with a tweet in which he expressed his disappointment about the public clash.
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