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Tupac: Resurrection USA
'This is my story, a story about ambition, violence, redemption and love.' -Tupac Shakur
Celebrating the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the top-selling hip-hop artists of all time, Tupac: Resurrection explores the rapper's life viscerally and dramatically through his own words and music. Through carefully mined video archives that expose the brilliant storyteller that Shakur was, this startling documentary is 'narrated' by Shakur himself.
Never-before-seen concert footage, private home movies, scenes from his roles in feature films, including Gridlock'd (MIFF 1997), and excerpts from Shakur's poetry and journals all serve to create a very personal portrayal of a passionate and provocative artist who died before his time. With a wall-to-wall soundtrack of music by Eminem, Biggie Smalls, 50 Cent and Tupac Shakur.
'Compelling and artful, Tupac: Resurrection honours a gifted rapper by placing his words front and centre. Director Lauren Lazin takes audiences behind the headlines but wisely doesn't attempt to deconstruct or explain the charismatic rapper' Tupac: Resurrection is so full of his passion for life that it plays not as a grievous saga but an anthemic, inspiring example.' -The Hollywood Reporter
D Lauren Lazin P Karolyn Ali WS c/o UIP TD 35mm/Col/2003/90mins
Lauren Lazin's films include: The Flapper Story (1985, short).