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BEATS RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

Michael Rapaport
Screening time  
01.03. / Thursday, 22:00 - 00:00 Theatre 5  
A documentary film about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history.

A documentary film about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band's sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group's innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish. A hard-core fan himself, Rapaport sets out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the country, almost ten years after the release of their last album, The Love Movement.

Michael Rapaport

Michael Rapaport, born in 1970, is an American, actor, director and a comedian. He has acted in more than forty films since the early 1990s. For his television credits he's best known for his roles on the television series 'Boston Public', 'Prison Break', 'Friends', and 'The War at Home'. 'Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest' is his directorial documentary film debut.

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BEATS RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

USA
97'

Directed by:
Michael Rapaport

Cinematography:
Robert Benavides

Edited by:
Lenny Mesina

Music:
Madlib

Producers:
Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks, Frank Mele, Eric Matthies, Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler

Produced by:
Sony Pictures Classics, Stage 6 Films

Festivals & Awards:

PGA Awards 2012 - Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award; Los Angeles Film Festival 2011 – Audience Award; São Paulo International Film Festival 2011 - Best International Documentary