Snow on tha Bluff

Wow this documentary was something else I wouldn't even call it a movie because it was real life. Communities like this one is all over the U.S. and as black people we definitely deserve more. I feel so sorry for what my people have endured since 1619. One day we will rise

Certainly one of the more interesting and unique found footage type movies I've seen in a while. It approaches the plot of a low-level criminal named Curtis stealing a video camera and documenting his life in a more serious fashion than expected. Not that I thought this would be a comedy, but I guess I wasn't prepared for it to get as heavy and insightful as it does (and I mean that in a good way).

It provides an insight into why people commit crimes (early on, Curtis mentions it being about paying for very ordinary things like rent and providing for his infant child), and also depicts how the cycle of drug dealing and crime can continue through generations in the film's best scene, where he prepares drugs for sale whilst talking about how his family did it when he was a kid, and observes his own child running around as he prepares drugs and states that he himself remembered doing that as a kid.

The authenticity and commitment to the found footage style is admirable. In its attempts to replicate true life, it doesn't exactly have the most satisfying narrative, as hey, I guess life doesn't always follow a 3-act structure. The dialogue is also sometimes not audible, features a lot of slang, and frequently people talk over each other. Again, true to life, but not always easy to understand as a viewer.

You can also nitpick things like "did they steal the camera charger? If not, why hadn't the battery run out?" and "why is everyone cool with documenting video evidence of being involved in certain crimes?" but I guess a suspension of disbelief is required for almost all found footage movies, even otherwise very authentic ones like this.

If you treat this film as a bit of an experiment as well as a look into how and why crimes of this nature happen, then it succeeds. If you come into it wanting pure entertainment and thrills, and/or a super satisfying story, you may be disappointed. If you can get on board with the former, I'd certainly recommend it, and though it wasn't the easiest watch, I'm glad I experienced it.

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.

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.

Even though I liked this movie, it is about 95 percent re-enactment, and 5 percent actual footage, of lame everyday stuff. This should be labeled a work of fiction. Also most of the descriptions of how events transpired seems to be greatly embellished. I say enjoy the movie, because that is exactly what it is, a movie not documentary.

Even though I liked this movie, it is about 95 percent re-enactment, and 5 percent actual footage, of lame everyday stuff. This should be labeled a work of fiction. Also most of the descriptions of how events transpired seems to be greatly embellished. I say enjoy the movie, because that is exactly what it is, a movie not documentary.