Warning: Adult Content – Pras from The Fugees goes undercover to experience first-hand what life is like on Skid Row.

“Skid Row” is a 50-square block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place - it’s a way of life, a mind set, the last resort for those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves. In the feature documentary SKID ROW, Pras Michel - one third of the successful hip-hop band The Fugees - lives on the streets of Skid Row for nine straight days and nights as a homeless person. The entire time he and his crew are undercover, using surveillance cameras. His journey is a difficult one, riddled with hunger, exposure to the elements, criminals, drugs and danger. It is also life-changing...as Pras learns not only how to fend for himself, but discovers the dark, very human and, at times, humorous underbelly of Los Angeles.

Skid Row

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Skid Row

Release Year: 2007

Duration: 94 min

Availability: Worldwide

“Skid Row” is a 50-square block area in downtown Los Angeles where an average of 90,000 homeless and transient people live on any given night. More than just a place - it’s a way of life, a mind set, the last resort for those who have given up on society and, in many cases, themselves. In the feature documentary SKID ROW, Pras Michel - one third of the successful hip-hop band The Fugees - lives on the streets of Skid Row for nine straight days and nights as a homeless person. The entire time he and his crew are undercover, using surveillance cameras. His journey is a difficult one, riddled with hunger, exposure to the elements, criminals, drugs and danger. It is also life-changing...as Pras learns not only how to fend for himself, but discovers the dark, very human and, at times, humorous underbelly of Los Angeles.

Directed by

Ross Clarke

Marshall Tyler

Niva Dorell

Directed by

Pras Michel

Teryn Fogel

Rob Wisdom

Original Music

Klaus Badelt

Craig Eastman

Featuring

Pras Michel

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Comments

Posted 11/16/09 by shaaronie

I stopped watching after Pras complained about not being able to use one of his many cell phones. I realized I didn’t need to watch these people experience poverty to realize that it is a shameful commentary on our society as a whole. Homelessness and poverty are caused by greed, selfishness and the unwillingness to share. I watched a documentary yesterday called “Meet the Natives” about a tribe of Islanders who come to England to document how we live in the West. They didn’t understand homelessness and poverty. Their philosophy was that human life was valuable before all things. Here we value our things before human life. Even our pets are treated better than other humans. It was a real eye opener.

Posted 11/07/09 by recovered

I spent time on Skid Row in my addiction. A college educated heath care professional turned Skid Row drug addict turned woman in recovery. It is brutal out there under the 6th street bridge ... the Midnight Mission is a great place but a mess. This guy know NOTHING of what it is like. I should have made this film

Posted 11/05/09 by ANGELICQUE

Just shows you how “invisible” this situation is to those who could actually make a difference. Needs to be done by someone who actually has a phone to make calls for possible change. I say WOW… Takes a lot of heart to trade a five star hotel for a street and a tent… Just to bring awareness? Wow

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