"This is my story. A story about ambition, violence, redemption and love."
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitle
Tupac Shakur rose from the ghetto, fought for fame and fortune, and became the number one best-selling hip-hop artist of all time. He was insightful and sensitive and spoke with an uncensored voice of truth.During his brief life, he touched millions of young people around the world. His influence and importance have only grown in the years since his shocking, untimely death. Now, for the first time, Tupac tells his own dramatic life story. Narrated entirely in Tupac's own voice, this major motion picture is the only film made in collaboration with Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, and the only film to feature Tupac's music and electrifying concert performances. Honest, haunting, and inspirational, this intimate "self-portrait" reveals the complex soul behind the controversial artist. Poet, Prophet, and Revolutionary...This is Tupac: Ressurection.
"Mostly, it's a story of violence, and it's superbly told." Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
"Resurrection is a revelation." Peter Debruge, Premiere
"A poet warrior of the first order emerges in this riveting chronicle..." Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
Editor's Note
Producer-director Lauren Lazin conceived of this inventive documentary as a way to celebrate the life of one of hip-hop's most iconic figures, Tupac Shakur. Rather than rely on friends, family members, and associates to tell the slain rapper's life story, Lazin instead lets Shakur himself do the talking, as if he's speaking from the grave. The result is an original and insightful autobiography that paints a vibrant picture of a passionate individual who continues to have a profound impact on people all over the world. Raised by his mother, a high-profile Black Panther, Tupac Shakur was a deeply sensitive child who found comfort in the arts. As he grew older he became a successful rapper and actor, giving voice to a generation of disenfranchised youths. Run-ins with the law, stints in jail, and feuds with east coast rappers Puff Daddy and Biggie Smalls all precede the night when he got shot five times in New York City, and his eventual murder in Las Vegas at the premature age of 25. Shakur always remained passionate and supremely distinct, living his life to the fullest and speaking his mind with unflinching clarity and honesty. This powerful tribute captures him in all his contradictory glory, and is a must-see for anyone interested in popular culture and American history and culture.
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