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ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP

By Jorge HINOJOSA

Biography - Completed 2012

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Biography, Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Director(s)
- Jorge HINOJOSA
- Producer(s)
- Danny BRESNIK, Jeff SCHEFTEL
- Synopsis
- Examines the tumultuous life of legendary Chicago pimp Iceberg Slim (1918-1992) and how he reinvented himself from pimp to author of 7 groundbreaking books. These books were the birth of Street Lit and explored the world of the ghetto in gritty and poetic detail and have made him a cultural icon. Interviews with Iceberg Slim, Chris Rock, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Quincy Jones.