This Is the Life

Name: This Is the Life
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 10, 2009
Duration: 97 min
Cast: 2Mex, Brian Cross, Chali 2na, Ellay Khule, Lucas MacFadden

2009

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Forward Movement | Release Date (Streaming): March 10, 2009 | Not Rated

Starring: 2Mex, Brian Cross, Chali 2na, Ellay Khule, Lucas MacFadden, Mear One, Medusa, Myka Nyne, Nga Fsh, Regan Farquhar

Summary: In 1989, a collective of young artists gathered at a non-descript health food store in gang-infested South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To explore the musical boundaries of hip hop and reject gangster rap. TThis Is the Life chronicles the rise and fall of this "family" of African-American street poets, while examining their obstaclesIn 1989, a collective of young artists gathered at a non-descript health food store in gang-infested South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To explore the musical boundaries of hip hop and reject gangster rap. TThis Is the Life chronicles the rise and fall of this "family" of African-American street poets, while examining their obstacles to commercial success. They all took different paths but remain connected by the music they made, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the art form.… Expand

Director: Ava DuVernay

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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In the illuminating This Is the Life, DuVernay not only fills in an important formative gap in California’s hip-hop history, she displays the inventive eye that would later lead to her future cinematic successes. Read full review

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