This Is the Life | |
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Directed by | Ava DuVernay |
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Cinematography | Isaac Klotz |
Edited by | Spencer Averick Krishna Devine |
Music by | Omid |
Distributed by | Forward Movement |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This Is the Life is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ava DuVernay, which chronicles the alternative hip hop movement that flourished in 1990s Los Angeles and its legendary center, the Good Life Cafe.
Interviewees include Myka 9 and P.E.A.C.E. of Freestyle Fellowship, Chali 2na and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, Medusa, Abstract Rude, Pigeon John, 2Mex, Chillin Villain Empire, Busdriver and many others. DuVernay, known at the time as Eve, was herself an MC at the Good Life open-mic as part of the group Figures of Speech.