This Is the Life (2008)
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.
Documentary
Music
Cast & Crew
Abstract Rude
Self
Busdriver
Self
Chali 2na
Self
Cut Chemist
Self
Ellay Khule
Self
NgaFsh
Self
Medusa
Self
Myka 9
Self
Pigeon John
Self
T-Love
Self
Volume 10
Self
2Mex
Self
Jyant
Self
Ava DuVernay
Self
Omid Walizadeh
Self
Ava DuVernay
Director
Ava DuVernay, Omid Walizadeh, Spencer Averick, Isaac Klotz
Producer
