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This Is the Life
How the West was One
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- Music
- Documentary
Overview
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.
Keywords
- woman director
- hip-hop
- improvisation
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 8, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The DuVernay Agency
- Cast
- P.E.A.C.E.,Mike Nardone,Jyant,Abstract Rude,Busdriver,Monique Matthews,2Mex,Cut Chemist,T-Love,Fat Jackand 23 more
- Director
- Ava DuVernay
- Cinematography
- Isaac Klotz
- Music
- Omid Walizadeh
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt1178658