Throwback TV: Why HBO stopped airing Hookers At the Point

[playahaitian]

HBO Gets the Point

After years of complaints, HBO decides to stop showing a documentary about prostitution in Hunts Point that residents said was outdated when it was first broadcast in 2002.

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A Bronx Fail: Unflattering Documentary Pulled From TV

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HBO's Hookers at the Point | American Montage

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Hookers At The Point

Hookers at the Point was one of the most candid and revealing documentaries ever made about street prostitution. Now, filmmaker Brent Owens continues his look at the die-hard lives of Bronx hookers...

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A Bronx Fail: Unflattering Documentary Pulled From TV

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[playahaitian]

Anatomy of a Scene - Action Bronson's Hookers at the Point — RunPlayBack

So this video is an homage to the classic HBO documentary “Hookers at the Point” which premiered in 1996. We shot this music video back in 2012 and wanted to capture the same grit and documentary-style authenticity as the HBO film. In this breakdown I discuss the setting, characters and the tragic c

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[Lurk Diggler]

I remember those shows they were sad but strangely entertaining I still have a dvd copy of Pimps Up Hoes Down (Directors cut) lol shit is hilarious with pimp philosophy

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

First seeing the original show,for a second i thought that Charles S.Dutton,not Brent Owens,was the narrator..

"Next up we meet..SSSINNAMON..a SPICY number...!"

 

[younggiftedandblack]

First seeing the original show,for a second i thought that Charles S.Dutton,not Brent Owens,was the narrator..

"Next up we meet..SSSINNAMON..a SPICY number...!"

He was spitting that shit like poetry, lol.

 

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[YoungSinister]

Lol, man.....I’d go to the living room, and peep this on the late night back in HS
Memories like a mothafuck