Docs We Love:: This Is the Life
Ava Duvernay’s documentary, “This Is the Life,” illuminates the influential and pertinent L.A. based hip-hop scene in the early 90′s. The Good Life health food store, run by Bea Hall became a venue for citywide youth to express their musical expressions and creativity in a positive atmosphere.
Shorts We Love :: I AM NOT MOVING / OccupyWallSt
YOU MUST WATCH THIS. There is no difference between the protesters of the Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement in this country. Yet, we have not heard ANY official statements from this administration since these protests began on September 17th.
Docs We Love :: Cola Chicken
Docs We Love :: Cola Chicken >> In a world full of dreamers, you’re only as happy as your willingness to see yours come true.
Docs We Love :: Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Jamel has been taking pictures as long as many of you reading this blog have been alive. All the while, capturing incredible candid moments of life on the streets and trains of NYC. Happy to see this amazing artist is finally getting a documentary made in his honor.
Docs We Love :: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
Tower Records…Ever heard of it? Good. Now watch this. Actor Colin Hanks steps behind the camera to tell the story of the rise + fall of a man who built a Billion dollar a year music empire. That man is, Russ Solomon. His empire was, Tower Records.
Projects We Love :: The Economist Film Project
Got a story that needs telling? The Economist Film Project wants to help.
Films We Love :: Rubble Kings by Shan Nicholson
New York City over the years has transformed more times than a schizophrenic tranny. From our economics, to nightlife, to art, to style, to music, to crime, to terror attacks, to a Times Square Disneyland – Damnit, we’ve seen it all. What many forget during all the makeovers and reincarnations is the roots. No matter how much paint you put on the wall, the stories underneath may be covered but not forgotten. Sorry, Giuliani.
One such story under all the paint is Rubble Kings. Director Shan Nicholson’s follow-up to his eye-popping doc on the downtown scene of the 80′s, “Downtown Calling.” This time around Nicholson sets his time machine back 10 more years and drops us off on the front stoop of gritty + grimy NYC street gangs of 1970′s. HOLY SHIT! This takes the term “that’s gangsta” to a whole other level.
Through all the madness and violence of that time, some angelic, near saintly young men take matters into their own hands and not only change the fate of NYC but also give birth to one of the most artistically prolific cultures the world has ever known. This one is a MUST SEE!!! – Jaws Truly
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