Soul in the Hole
A couple of days ago I listed the “Raymond Bush Playground“ which is located in Brooklyn and was formerly known as Putnam Playground. Raymond Bush Playground today honors the memory of Raymond Bush (1924-2002), a local community activist and basketball coach.
Something that directly came to my mind was the classic documentary “Soul in the Hole”. Large parts of this legendary movie (directed by Danielle Gardner and starring Ed “Booger” Smith) were shot at Raymond Bush Playground. The last time I watched it was a real loooooong time ago, when people used to insert black plastic bricks a.k.a. VHS-cassettes into a video-recorder to watch movies. But since this is not the 90´s anymore and there is this crazy new thing on the “Internet”, called “YouTube”, we can enjoy a few highlights without having to do anything at all (Now, that’s progress!). Please also pay close attention to the hairdos on some of those guys. Classic, indeed.
And by the way, “Soul in the Hole” came with a great O.S.T., too. It featured the likes of Brand Nubian, Wu-Tang, Dead Prez and Cocoa Brovaz.