nappyafro Interviews The Makers Of ‘Snow On Tha Bluff’ ~ nappyafro.com
The first thing I gotta ask: The way you chose to present this story for Snow On Tha Bluff. What made you decide to use the documentary style? Everybody I showed the trailer to was convinced it is a legitimate straight up documentary and that everything was a 100% real.
Director Damon Russell: The main reason is we have to protect ourselves and everyone in the film. A few months before we premiered the movie I got a call from a detective from the Atlanta Police Department. He was investigating a string of home invasion robberies on the West side. He had gotten ahold of a bootleg copy of the first 40 minutes of the film and he thought Curtis and his crew were involved. Ultimately, we convinced him that it was just a movie.
But to avoid future legal action we’ve been advised by our counsel to never divulge what is real and what is not. We’ve since deleted all of the other extra footage that is not in the film