This Is the Life (2008)
1h 37m
Running Time
February 8, 2008Release Date
This Is the Life (2008)
1h 37m
Running Time
February 8, 2008Release Date
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Plot.
In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang culture and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. DuVernay's documentary chronicles the historic legacy of the Good Life Cafe — the open mic nights that became an L.A. institution, the eclectic array of talented young MCs that emerged there, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.
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Cast & Crew.
Abstract Rude
Self
Big Al
Self
Busdriver
Self
Chali 2na
Self
Cut Chemist
Self
Brian Cross
Actor
Ellay Khule
Self
Fat Jack
Self
Myka 9
Self
P.E.A.C.E.
Self
Pigeon John
Self
T-Love
Self
Volume 10
Self
2Mex
Self
Jyant
Self
Ava DuVernay
Self / Director / Producer
B. Hall
Self
Roderick Hall
Self
Brian Cross
Self
Keen
Self
Sheena Lester
Self
Monique Matthews
Self
Monalisa Murray
Self
Mear One
Self
Mike Nardone
Self
Garth Trinidad
Self
Omid Walizadeh
Self / Producer / Original Music Composer / Music Supervisor / Sound Editor
Spencer Averick
Producer / Editor
Isaac Klotz
Producer / Director of Photography
Ellene Miles
Co-Producer
Krishna Devine
Editor
Ian A. Thompson
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
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Wiki.
This is the Life is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ava DuVernay, which chronicles the alternative hip hop movement that flourished in 1990s Los Angeles and its legendary center, the Good Life Cafe.
Interviewees include Myka 9 and P.E.A.C.E. of Freestyle Fellowship, Chali 2na and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, Medusa, Abstract Rude, Pigeon John, 2Mex, Chillin Villain Empire, Busdriver and many others. DuVernay, known at the time as Eve, was herself an MC at the Good Life open-mic as part of the group Figures of Speech.
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