Daddy
Hunger is about the absence of fathers in the home
and the community. We look into the lives of convicted murderers,
pimps, single mothers and fatherless children. This documentary
addresses the problems and provides a solutions framework.
This universal message of hope and redemption set in the African
American communities of northern California and features cameos from
Bay-Area based rapper-entrepreneur, J.T. the Bigga Figga and legendary
OG street pimp from San Francisco, Fillmore Slim as well as several
other meaningful accounts of what Daddy Hunger means to men and women
of various backgrounds.
Despite the hardcore rap image, successful hip hop impresario J.T. the
Bigga Figga is notoriously known for, we hear a softer side when he
tells his own personal story of Daddy Hunger.
"I didn't get no fatherly type love or things like that. I wanted a
father who can be a protector…to help me with the things I needed…,"
he said.
Since its online release in the second quarter of 2007, Daddy Hunger
has been garnering a significant “underground street buzz”. The film
has been shown at conferences, community events, prisons, juvenile
detention centers, churches, indie film festivals, as well as
thousands of plays of the Daddy Hunger webisodes on YouTube and
Myspace. Daddy Hunger has recently launched a “targeted” national
mobile marketing campaign. More Daddy Hunger stats:
- Global Art Film Festival, 1st Place 2007.
- Exclusive showing at the Black Male in America Conference in
Brooklyn, NY keynote speaker was Ivy League intellectual/author,
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.
- Daddy Hunger is endorsed by California Youth Authority.
- Daddy Hunger is endorsed by State of Arizona Dept of
Corrections.
- Daddy Hunger is endorsed by 2008 (D-NY) Congressional
Candidate/Author, Kevin Powell.
- Daddy Hunger is endorsed by Association of Black Correctional
Workers.
- Film Industry veteran, Warrington Hudlin is a strong Daddy
Hunger advocate.
Contact: Ray Upchurch, 916-333-1606,
ray@daddyhunger.com,
log onto; www.daddyhunger.com to see the trailer and purchase the DVD.
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