From then on the movie operates in cinéma vérité style (with only a few passing acknowledgements to the presence of the camera), legitimately feeling like an amateur shooting his pals as opposed to an experienced cinematographer faking it. When it resumes filming the Bluffian passes it off to a friend, situating himself in front of the camera to detail his various exploits. Well, he gets more than what he bargains for once he meets the dealer Snow - after encouraging them to taxi him to his home, he brandishes a gun and the camera abruptly shuts off. The male in charge shotgun tapes the entire experience, likely to show to his buddies the “insane shit” they had done that day. Starting with an audience surrogate of sorts, a group of nervous college kids head to the Bluff (a crime ridden area in Atlanta) in hopes of scoring some drugs. ![]() ![]() Filmmaker Damon Russel completely disappears, letting subject Curtis Snow carry the entire film, resulting in gritty, authentic document of the culture and lifestyle in Atlanta’s favorite little quarters. A jolt of, uh, dope into the veins of the micro-indie/found footage scene, “ Snow On Tha Bluff” is a wildly kinetic tour through one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States an endlessly entertaining and captivating portrait of a “robbery boy” and crack dealer.
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