I was fortunate enough attend the world premiere and it was amazing. Its going around to different film festival (I think North Carolina is the next stop).
Here's a synopsis:
In 1989, a collective of young artists gathered at a storefront health food cafe in South Central LA. Their mandate? To explore and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop.
Directed by Ava DuVernay, THIS IS THE LIFE is a feature-length documentary chronicling "The Good Life" emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.
Featuring new interviews with: Myka Nyne and PEACE of Freestyle Fellowship, Chali2na and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, NgaFsh, Riddlore, Tray-Loc & Wreckless of CVE, Abstract Rude and Zulu Butterfly of ATU, Ellay Khule of Hip Hop Klan, Medusa of S.I.N, Born Allah, Ganjah K, Fatjack, JMD, Omid, Pigeon John, 2Mex of OMD, Jyant & Eve of Figures of Speech, Big Al, T-Love of Urban Props, Sheena Lester & B+ of Rappages, Mear One, Mike Nardone of KXLU's We Came From Beyond, Garth Trinidad of KCRW's Chocolate City, Monalisa Murray, Jah Orah, Hines, Busdriver, Monique Matthews, Keen and B. Hall & R. Kain Blaze, co-founders of The Good Life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzqeZsRPevI
I got the chance to talk to the director, Ava (Eve), who is one half of Figures of speech (first song) and I brought up ZDLR.net and she said that Zack used to attend The Good Life. Seems to make sense because his verses on the old version of People Of the Sun remind me of that style of rapping that was going on at that time. It would be cool to get some footage of him there but I doubt it exists.
