Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
Film201289 min6.2/10 on TMDB
Directed by Jorge Hinojosa
The jungle creed says the strong must feed on any prey at hand ... I was branded a beast as I sat at the feast before I was a man.
The story
'Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp', examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Quincy Jones.
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Iceberg Slim
Iceberg SlimSelf (archive footage)
Chris RockSelf
Snoop DoggSelf
Ice-TSelf
Bill DukeSelf
Henry RollinsSelf
Katt WilliamsSelf
BirdmanSelf
Quincy JonesSelf
Bishop Don Magic JuanExplore the crew
- Director
- Jorge Hinojosa
- Producer
- Jeff Scheftel
- Editor
- Danny Bresnik
- Producer
- Danny Bresnik