<description>&lt;p&gt;Today on Hip Hop Movie Club: Set It Off, the 1996 heist movie starring Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett, and Kimberly Elise that was groundbreaking โ€“&amp;nbsp;in more ways than one!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Topics discussed:&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;This is Queen Latifah's first lead role, and one of the best performances of a rapper turned actor ๐Ÿ‘‘&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;This film is also an ode to Black women friendship and sisterhood, with strong performances from the four leads to match ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพ&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We see an early instance of an LGBTQ relationship in a major motion picture, and it's handled well without making it a clumsy plot point ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The soundtrack is hip hop heavy and important to the heist sequences ๐ŸŽค&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some of the themes (police brutality, racism, sexism, systemic oppression) are sadly still relevant, which gives the film a poignant quality ๐Ÿ˜“&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Also check out:&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Film Experience:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2021/6/29/gay-best-friend-cleo-queen-latifah-in-set-it-off-1996.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Gay Best Friend: Cleo (Queen Latifah) in "Set It Off" (1996)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nerdist:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://nerdist.com/article/brief-history-black-queer-representation-film/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;A Brief History of Black Queer Representation in Cinema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Autostraddle:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.autostraddle.com/set-it-off-is-the-queer-tribute-to-black-womens-friendship-we-deserve-after-a-summer-of-black-mourning/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;โ€œSet It Offโ€ Is the Queer Tribute to Black Womenโ€™s Friendship We Need After a Summer of Black Mourning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Credits&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie. Follow&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://instagram.com/hiphopmovieclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@hiphopmovieclub&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on Instagram!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep up with all things Hip Hop Movie Club with our newsletter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://hiphopmovieclub.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Subscribe today!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;And remember:&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't hate...create!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Set It Off Rebroadcast&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey listener, in honor of Pride Month, here is a rebroadcast of our episode on 1996's heist film Set It Off. This film has one of the first positive depictions of an LGTBQ relationship, featuring one of our favorites, Queen Latifah. She came out herself a few years ago. Enjoy the show. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Hip Hop Movie Club

Hip Hop Movie Club

Set It Off (Rebroadcast)

JUN 5, 202434 MIN
Hip Hop Movie Club

Set It Off (Rebroadcast)

JUN 5, 202434 MIN

Description

Today on Hip Hop Movie Club: Set It Off, the 1996 heist movie starring Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett, and Kimberly Elise that was groundbreaking โ€“ in more ways than one!

Topics discussed:

  • This is Queen Latifah's first lead role, and one of the best performances of a rapper turned actor ๐Ÿ‘‘
  • This film is also an ode to Black women friendship and sisterhood, with strong performances from the four leads to match ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพ
  • We see an early instance of an LGBTQ relationship in a major motion picture, and it's handled well without making it a clumsy plot point ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
  • The soundtrack is hip hop heavy and important to the heist sequences ๐ŸŽค
  • Some of the themes (police brutality, racism, sexism, systemic oppression) are sadly still relevant, which gives the film a poignant quality ๐Ÿ˜“

Also check out:

The Film Experience: Gay Best Friend: Cleo (Queen Latifah) in "Set It Off" (1996)

Nerdist: A Brief History of Black Queer Representation in Cinema

Autostraddle: โ€œSet It Offโ€ Is the Queer Tribute to Black Womenโ€™s Friendship We Need After a Summer of Black Mourning

Credits

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie. Follow @hiphopmovieclub on Instagram!

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Don't hate...create!

Mentioned in this episode:

Set It Off Rebroadcast

Hey listener, in honor of Pride Month, here is a rebroadcast of our episode on 1996's heist film Set It Off. This film has one of the first positive depictions of an LGTBQ relationship, featuring one of our favorites, Queen Latifah. She came out herself a few years ago. Enjoy the show.