Snow on tha Bluff

this film really amazed me. i normally wouldn't watch something like this, i actually stay fairly far from the overly glamorized "thug" type titles. this is one that i can hope people watch and take a warning from, don't wander where you shouldn't. having said that, this is another film that proves that regardless of what you see on the news or what you see in protests, these people will never allow these areas to improve. i see comments saying that we should start putting more effort into bettering these type of violent areas, but it will never happen because people like Curtis wont let it. they say they have it hard there, they make it hard, they make the area bad, they keep it that way. all in all though this was a really amazing film and ill be recommending it to everyone that has netflix to watch it.

Obviously not a documentary, as some places claim, but it's still real. They basically took events that happened over the years and pressed it into a plot. Then they went to everybody in the hood and said just play yourself and reenact this story. I'm sure they didn't even need scripts, which is what makes it as real as a documentary, in a way. Very eye opening in general. More deeply though, the filmmakers also created a good commentary on the rough side of inner city life. It is worth a watch and I would like to see more found-film movies take this approach, as far as sticking to stories that are more or less retellings.

An action-packed found-footage-style film. There were some parts where I questioned whether or not this was real or fiction.

Snow on tha Bluff blurs the line between reality and fiction. It offers no apologies for the actions of its protagonist, someone who is doing what he can to survive in a rough neighborhood. It paints a bleak picture for those living on the fringes of American society.

Still, some scenes and parts felt a bit out of place and away from the storyline. But, life can be like that sometimes. This film was all about being close to reality as possible.

Will need to get a camcorder with a battery life that this film had, though.

4/5. Glad Netflix recommended me this film.

This is another found-footage film that veers into uncharted waters and takes a look without any moral judgement (like most Hollywood movies) of Atlanta's most dangerous hood, "The Bluff". When you watch this movie, you see it from Curtis Snow's perspective, who is a drug dealer, robbery boy who only knows the life he was born into.

To the reviewer who mentioned that this film has no artistic value, I would definitely have to disagree. Though the film's content is harsh and unrelenting the way the camera follows the action, the way in which this film was cut together, and the social questions it raises along with the controversy are quite an artistic accomplishment. I would suspect that the deep underlying issues that this film raises is the reason this independent movie has seen such attention in the press (and the reason I watched it).

I feel that this film really is a call to action. Every city in America has ghetto's such as these that are largely ignored by the mass public, and I think we need to look at restoring these places in order to help the children (like a young Curtis Snow) who were born into drugs, guns, and violence.

At no point did it dawn on me that I was watching a scripted a film. It was disturbingly real. The amateur feeling created a more engaging and authentic experience-- these characters are so representative of real people. People left behind, hustling, doing the best they can. It's also a subtle commentary on the trauma black men have continuously been prevented from processing. Very memorable and always relevant.