This Is The Life

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• Genre(s): Documentary, Musical
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Ava DuVernay
• Cast(s): Abstract Rude, Big Al Al, Chali 2na, Cut Chemist, Ellay Khule See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 37min
• Music: Ian A. Thompson
• Award(s): Audience Choice 2008 (Won)
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• Similar To: City Sessions: Mumford & Sons, Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple
• Story:
  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. THIS 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.
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