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Guerrilla News Network: When the Smoke Clearz (2002) | Slate

Rated 7.0 on TMDB

Guerrilla News Network: When the Smoke Clearz

Poet Taalam Acey, 2000 Grand Slam Champion, indicts the Hip Hop industry in this blistering rendition of his slam epic, Smoke Clearz.

Released: 2002
Runtime: 3m
Genres: Music, Documentary
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Stephen MarshallDirector

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Taalam AceyHimself

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