This Is the Life (2008)

ALL 02/08/2008 (en) Documentary, Music 97 Min
  • Release
    02/08/2008
  • Production
    The DuVernay Agency
  • Rotten tomato
    57.5%
  • Original title
    This Is the Life
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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How the West was One

Overview

In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang culture and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. DuVernay's documentary chronicles the historic legacy of the Good Life Cafe — the open mic nights that became an L.A. institution, the eclectic array of talented young MCs that emerged there, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.

  1. Ava DuVernay

    Director

  2. Story



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This Is the Life (2008) 97 Min

ALL 02/08/2008 (en)
Documentary, Music
  • Release 02/08/2008
  • Production
    The DuVernay Agency
  • Original title This Is the Life
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

How the West was One

Overview

In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang culture and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. DuVernay's documentary chronicles the historic legacy of the Good Life Cafe — the open mic nights that became an L.A. institution, the eclectic array of talented young MCs that emerged there, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.

  1. Ava DuVernay

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Spencer Averick, Krishna Devine

    Editor

  4. Ava DuVernay, Omid Walizadeh, Spencer Averick, Isaac Klotz

    Producer