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THINKFilm Picks Up Hip-Hop Project
Filed under: Documentary », Music & Musicals », Tribeca », ThinkFilm », Distribution »
There isn't much that's funnier than seeing Bruce Willis show up in a documentary about hip-hop music, but without the actor's support, The Hip-Hop Project might not have been completed. Matt Rushkin's film, which screened earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, has finally been picked up for distribution by ThinkFilm. The doc follows Chris "Kharma Kazi" Rolle, a once-homeless teen who now runs a part of NYC's ArtStart that guides kids in their hip-hop pursuits and puts them through a group-therapy type program along the way. Willis' part came in the form of donating a recording studio to the project, and also as an executive producer on the film. ThinkFilm will distribute the powerful doc in the spring of next year. You can read my review of The Hip-Hop Project here.
MovieMail: Tribeca, Part Two
Filed under: Comedy », Documentary », Independent », Music & Musicals », Tribeca », MovieMail », Cinematical Indie »
Karina and Martha,
I am very shocked at how big Tribeca feels this year, and I mean that from the point of view of someone who barely registered its existence in the first four years. Mission Impossible III and Poseidon seem like ridiculous attractions for a film festival. I thought that Sundance was bad enough with its share of high-stature "indies," but at least it never brings blockbusters into the mix. As for the quality of the non-Hollywood films, I typically have low expectations of any festival's selections. Even last year at Sundance -- sorry, I can't not compare all American fests with "the big one" -- I saw 36 films and thought 30 of them were surprisingly poor, or at least unremarkable. Still, I have yet to see even one thing at Tribeca that I am as crazy about as the few favorites I've seen at other festivals.
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