Ever wondered where rap comes from, before it’s polished, packaged and sold as a commodity? Black Picket Fence goes to the source. Shot over a period of two years, Black Picket Fence transcends the easy stereotypes of the rap world and brings one closer to the life of Tislam Milliner, a young rapper living on the thin edge of a razor blade, struggling to make it out of his Brooklyn housing project. Shot on video and mixing cinema verité with lyrical expressionism, Black Picket Fence goes deep into the everyday texture of a world filled with chaos and creative energy.  RD