About me: Movie Synopsis
Don't Hate: Strippers Fight the Government is a documentary about black male exotic dancers who perform non-obscene dance routines for women. These are regular
guys, law-abiding and tax paying citizens who choose to entertain women.
The women are from all walks of life and prefer to watch male entertainment rather than go to clubs or happy hours where they have to deal with the unwelcomed advances and harassment from male patrons.
Prince George's County, Maryland, a local government, passed an ordinance that among other things, prohibited tipping of dancers during their performance,
restricted a patron's distance from a performer to 6 ft and required a male entertainer to wear a shirt and short anytime he is not on stage.
The ordinance also made it a crime to touch a dancer while he is in a g-string. This documentary will address a lot of the myths surrounding male adult entertainers. It will also show you that they are regular people, like you and I
with families, goals, and dreams. You will see the steps that the dancers took to fight the government in order to maintain their livelihoods and support their families.
On April 12, 2007 in United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, United States District Judge Marvin J. Garbis Permanently Enjoined
the Prince George’s County Government and the Chief of Police of Prince George’s County from enforcing a County law regulating gentlemen’s and ladies’ clubs.
The law was originally set to go into effect on October 16, 2006 but had been temporarily enjoined, pending Judge Garbis’s decision.
This is a story of how a small group was able to stand up and fight the government. They are more than just eye candy!
"Don't Hate: Strippers Fight The Government" has been selected for In-Competition Documentary Feature segment of the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival to be held June 3-8, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.
Don't Hate: Strippers Fight the Government,” is an Official Selection in the XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA Intercultural/Inte
My film, Don’t Hate: Strippers Fight the Government will screen as part of in-Competition Documentary Feature segment of the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival to be held at Laemmle Music Hall (Theater #1) Thursday, June 5 at 5:30 p.m. 9036 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, 90211 310-274-6869.
Don't Hate: Strippers Fight the Government has been selected for the following film festivals:
Official Selection- 2008 Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival, August 6th- 9th, 2008
Official selection for In-Competition Documentary segment of the 2008 San Francisco Black Film Festival which runs June 4-8 & 11-15 2008 in San Francisco, California.
Official Selection for In-Competition Documentary Feature segment of the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival to be held June 3-8, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.
Official Selection in the XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA Intercultural/Interdisciplinary Film/Video Festival in the In-Competition Documentary Feature segment in, Berlin, Germany May 8-12, 2008.
Won an Honorable Mention In-Competition Documentary segment during the 6th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) in Atlanta, Georgia, in, October 2007.
Official Selection in the Harlem International Film Festival's In-Competition Documentary in, October 2007, in New York, New York.
We Got Accepted for the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Fest!
"Don't Hate: Strippers Fight The Government" has been selected for In-Competition Documentary Feature segment of the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival to be held June 3-8, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.
Don't Hate: Strippers Fight the Government,” is an Official Selection in the XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA Intercultural/Interdisciplinary Film/Video Festival in the In-Competition Documentary Feature segment in, Berlin, Germany May 8 12, 2008.
"Don't Hate: Strippers Fight The Government" has been selected for In-Competition Documentary Feature segment of the 2008 Hollywood Black Film Festival to be held June 3-8, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.
Don't Hate: Strippers Fight the Government,” is an Official Selection in the XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA Intercultural/Interdisciplinary Film/Video Festival in the In-Competition Documentary Feature segment in, Berlin, Germany May 8 12, 2008.
