Pimps Up, Ho's Down

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Pimps Up, Ho's Down
Directed by Fredrik Gertten
Produced by Brent Owens
Starring Don "Magic" Juan, Ice-T, Mike Epps
Edited byEric Marciano
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
62 minutes
directors cut: 92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pimps Up, Ho's Down is a 1998 television documentary about pimping in the United States as part of the HBO documentary anthology series America Undercover . The film features interviews with American pimps and explores the modern pimping lifestyle. [1] [2] The film has received some controversy over some pimps using the documentary as an instructional video for their prostitutes, [3] and HBO paying pimps for rights to film their businesses and the Players Ball. [4]

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  1. ↑ Bernadin, Marc. "VIDEO REVIEW Pimps Up, Ho's Down: The Director's Cut". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Peep show: Pimps, hoes, and player's balls (review)". Vibe. February 1999. p. 126. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Bennett, Brian (Mar 13, 2006). "Are Pimp Films Too Instructive?". TIME. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Busch, Anita. "Competing documentaries about pimps made movie news this week". EW. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.


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