Jacky Gives “Monkey Gang” Movie 2 Thumbs Up!
Monday, October 31st, 2011
On Saturday, I rolled out to the Laemmle Sunset 5 theater for the premiere of “Monkey Gang” – a movie that’s part of the 2011 Hollywood Black Film Festival.
Monkey Gang is a mock documentary covering today’s hip hop culture, and guess what? It was pure comedy!
When the screening came to an end, the audience applauded as the film’s director Mr. M and writer Casey Gane-McCalla took to the stage for a session of Q&A with the audience. Know why? Because Mr. M and Casey wanted to hear what the critics had to say mane.
Mr, M and Casey McCalla both formerly taught Hip Hop in the Bronx, New York. They’re street dudes who completed a project about their urban environment, and I appreciated it – but the critics (who reminded me of uppity blacks from the Bladwin Hills area) had a lot of negative commentary.











