From the mind of Brooklyn actor, performance artist and hip-hop activist Danny Hoch, this film spins out the stories of ten lives shocked by globalization, the prison industry and life in general.

From the mind of Brooklyn actor, performance artist and Hip-Hop activist Danny Hoch, this film spins out the stories of ten lives shocked by global Hip-Hop, the prison system and life in general. Moving masterfully in and out of the characters while the camera cuts from film narrative to live performances, Danny blows your mind and makes you look at cultural power in a new way that is hysterically funny, tragically sad and uplifting all at once.

This is the word from the front lines of Hip-Hop's Cultural Revolution. Rumbling from the subways to the streets, from the classroom to the strip malls, the projects to the cornfields. Wake up and smell the movement that you are already down with. Hip-Hop. The award-winning film company Kicked Down Productions presents the groundbreaking new film Jails, Hospitals, and Hip-Hop. From the mind of Brooklyn actor, performance artist and hip-hop activist Danny Hoch, this film spins out the stories of ten lives shocked by globalization, the prison industry and life in general. Moving masterfully in and out of ten characters, while the camera cuts from the "real movie", to a live prison show performed in front of both Inmates and Corrections Officers, Danny Hoch blows your mind and makes you look at cultural power in a new way that is hysterically funny, terribly sad and uplifting all at once. Best Of The Fest at the New York International Latino Film Festival, and Urbanworld Film Festival Award Winner, Jails, Hospitals and Hip-Hop is on a guerrilla-style tour in 2001, sneaking into your city the way hip-hop snuck up on America. We'll keep feeding you bits of the film, plus more of our animated character treats, inspired by the film. So, spread the word and keep in touch... Peace, Justice and Hip-Hop in the New Millennium.