Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "8 Mile is a 2002 American rap film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and stars Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon and Kim Basinger.The film is an account of a young, white rapper named Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem) living in a mobile home park in Warren, Michigan set in 1995, and his attempt to launch a rap career in a genre dominated by African Americans. The film's title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway that runs along the border between lower class, predominantly black Detroit neighborhoods, and its predominantly white upper class Oakland County and Macomb County suburbs.Filmed mostly on location in Detroit and its surrounding areas, the film was a critical and financial success. Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself", the song which was iconic to this film. A decade after its release, Vibe magazine called the film a "rap movie masterpiece.""@en }
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- 8_Mile_(film) abstract "8 Mile is a 2002 American rap film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and stars Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon and Kim Basinger.The film is an account of a young, white rapper named Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem) living in a mobile home park in Warren, Michigan set in 1995, and his attempt to launch a rap career in a genre dominated by African Americans. The film's title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway that runs along the border between lower class, predominantly black Detroit neighborhoods, and its predominantly white upper class Oakland County and Macomb County suburbs.Filmed mostly on location in Detroit and its surrounding areas, the film was a critical and financial success. Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself", the song which was iconic to this film. A decade after its release, Vibe magazine called the film a "rap movie masterpiece."".