Patti Cake$
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- Geremy Jasper
Summary
Geremy Jasper's debut feature follows Patricia Dombrowski — 'Patti Cake$' — a young white New Jersey woman pursuing a rap career under the stage name Killa P. Stars Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay and Cathy Moriarty. Premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.
Hip-hop relevance
Part of a small subset of 2010s indie films treating contemporary rap as the subject of working-class American drama. Macdonald's performance was widely praised; the film extended the indie 'aspiring MC' tradition started by 8 Mile and Hustle & Flow.
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