Beats, rhymes & life : the travels of A Tribe Called Quest / a Sony Pictures Classics presents, Rival Pictures, State Street Pictures production ; in association with Om Films ; a film by Michael Rapaport ; produced by Edward Parks [and others] ; directed by Michael Rapaport.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rapaport, Michael, director.

Parks, Edward, producer.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tribe Called Quest (Musical group).

Hip-hop--United States--Biography.

Hip-hop.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2011.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history. The band's sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group's innovative musical stylings never seem to diminish. This insightful film, directed by Michael Rapaport, takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes journey - chronicling the group's rise to fame and revealing the stories behind the tensions which erupted in the years to come.

Participant:

A Tribe Called Quest (Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White), Common, Mary J. Blige.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017).

Won 2012 Black Reel Awards, Best Documentary

Won 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature

Won 2012 PGA Awards, Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

Won 2011 São Paulo International Film Festival Audience Award, Best Foreign Documentary

Nominated 2011 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Documentary

OCLC:

971292352