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Banged Out (2002)
Say yea for the independent filmmaker!!!
In this film Richie Mac not only directed the project, but we wrote, produced, directed, edited, shot it (on a camcorder or some format less than Beta SP) and got a national distribution deal. Wow! It's hard as hell to get your title placed in Blockbuster.
Themed the realest story over told was correct in the true art of "Gorilla Film-making" because, he went inside the elements of the story like a fly-on-the-wall and told a story in 80 minutes that touched several human emotions such as crying, laughing and anger. He made you care about the characters especially Andre and Emory.
Even though we've seen "Boyz In The Hood" and "Menace II Society," they were both done with budgets over $350K. However, Richie Mac probably only spent around $20K to get pass the stage of talking about being a filmmaker to becoming one. (Big Ups!!!!) This project has inspired me to work even harder to hurdle the Hollywood barriers and not just be a dreamer, but a complete my dream of being an independent filmmaker...NO MORE EXCUSES ABOUT BUDGET.