A Tribe Called Quest Documentary Release Date Scheduled for July
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The controversial film lands an extended release at various theaters across the country.
After unveiling the full-length documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Michael Rapaport, the man behind the documentary, Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, told Billboard.com in a recent interview that the film will be released to the public this coming July.
Rapaport explained to Billboard.com that the film will receive a nationwide roll-out, with select showings and select theaters across the country. “I’ll be all over the place * wherever they want to send me,” he told the site.
Beginning with the initial release in both New York City and Los Angeles on July 8 — at three theaters each — the film will be unveiled in a number of cities until the final release on August 12 in San Antonio, Columbus (OH), Dayton (OH), Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Charlotte (NC) and Raleigh/Chapel Hill (NC).
Beats, Rhymes, & Life chronicles the history of ATCQ as they traversed the music industry in their thirteen-year stint as a hip hop group. Starting with footage from their early performances and some new behind-the-scenes footage, the film follows the hip hop pioneers all the way up through their formal split in 1998.
The film was embroiled in controversy leading up to it’s debut at this year’s Sundance Festival, stemming from a string of tweets from legendary ACTQ front man and producer, Q-Tip. The rapper revealed on his Twitter account that there were at least portions of the film that him and the group did not approve of, publicly calling on Rapaport to respect their wishes regarding the movie.
“The differences Tip had, I think, came down to the fact that he’s an artist and a perfectionist who is always in control,” Rapaport told Billboard.com. “He was the leader of Tribe. But I’m making the movie and I have to make the final decisions. He’s accustomed to making all of the decisions. I have thought about it a lot and if somebody made a movie as interpersonal as this about me, I don’t know that I’d be pleased with someone else making the decisions. To me, it’s a love letter to the band.”
The public release for Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest will follow the city, theater and date schedule listed below.
7/8
NEW YORK
Sunshine
Empire
Magic Johnson
LOS ANGELES
Arclight Hollywood
Century City 15
Criterion Santa Monica
7/15
SAN FRANCISCO
Metreon
Kabuki
CHICAGO
Century Centre
River East
CineArts Evanston
WASHINGTON, DC
E-Street
Georgetown
Bethesda Row
Shirlington
Magic Johnson
7/22
SAN DIEGO
Hillcrest
BOSTON
Kendall Square
Boston Commons
Embassy Waltham
PHILADELPHIA
Ritz 5
Ritz Center Voorhees
MINNEAPOLIS
Uptown
ATLANTA
Midtown
Phipps Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO – ADD ONS
Shattuck
Century Mountain View
Marin Sausalito
CineArts Santana Row San Jose
7/29
DALLAS
Angelika
Angelika Plano
HOUSTON
Edwards Greenway
AUSTIN
Violet Crown
Arbor
SEATTLE
Pacific Place
Metro
Lincoln Square Bellevue
PORTLAND
Cinema 21
MILWAUKEE
Oriental
DETROIT
Uptown Birmingham
8/5
PHOENIX
Tempe Marketplace
MADISON
Sundancen Cinemas
MIAMI
Regal South Beach
ST. LOUIS
Tivoli
CLEVELAND
Cedar Lee
CINCINNATI
Esquire
HONOLULU
Kahala
8/12
SAN ANTONIO
Bijou
AMC Huebner
COLUMBUS
Gateway
AMC Lennox
DAYTON
Neon Movies
KANSAS CITY
Palace
AMC Studio Olathe
SALT LAKE CITY
Broadway
INDIANAPOLIS
Keystone Art
PITTSBURGH
Regent
NEW ORLEANS
Canal Place
Elmwood
CHARLOTTE
Manor
RALEIGH-CHAPEL HILL
Colony Raleigh
Chelsea Chapel Hill
http://abovegroundmagazine.com/news...-documentary-release-date-scheduled-for-july/
The controversial film lands an extended release at various theaters across the country.
After unveiling the full-length documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Michael Rapaport, the man behind the documentary, Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, told Billboard.com in a recent interview that the film will be released to the public this coming July.
Rapaport explained to Billboard.com that the film will receive a nationwide roll-out, with select showings and select theaters across the country. “I’ll be all over the place * wherever they want to send me,” he told the site.
Beginning with the initial release in both New York City and Los Angeles on July 8 — at three theaters each — the film will be unveiled in a number of cities until the final release on August 12 in San Antonio, Columbus (OH), Dayton (OH), Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Charlotte (NC) and Raleigh/Chapel Hill (NC).
Beats, Rhymes, & Life chronicles the history of ATCQ as they traversed the music industry in their thirteen-year stint as a hip hop group. Starting with footage from their early performances and some new behind-the-scenes footage, the film follows the hip hop pioneers all the way up through their formal split in 1998.
The film was embroiled in controversy leading up to it’s debut at this year’s Sundance Festival, stemming from a string of tweets from legendary ACTQ front man and producer, Q-Tip. The rapper revealed on his Twitter account that there were at least portions of the film that him and the group did not approve of, publicly calling on Rapaport to respect their wishes regarding the movie.
“The differences Tip had, I think, came down to the fact that he’s an artist and a perfectionist who is always in control,” Rapaport told Billboard.com. “He was the leader of Tribe. But I’m making the movie and I have to make the final decisions. He’s accustomed to making all of the decisions. I have thought about it a lot and if somebody made a movie as interpersonal as this about me, I don’t know that I’d be pleased with someone else making the decisions. To me, it’s a love letter to the band.”
The public release for Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest will follow the city, theater and date schedule listed below.
7/8
NEW YORK
Sunshine
Empire
Magic Johnson
LOS ANGELES
Arclight Hollywood
Century City 15
Criterion Santa Monica
7/15
SAN FRANCISCO
Metreon
Kabuki
CHICAGO
Century Centre
River East
CineArts Evanston
WASHINGTON, DC
E-Street
Georgetown
Bethesda Row
Shirlington
Magic Johnson
7/22
SAN DIEGO
Hillcrest
BOSTON
Kendall Square
Boston Commons
Embassy Waltham
PHILADELPHIA
Ritz 5
Ritz Center Voorhees
MINNEAPOLIS
Uptown
ATLANTA
Midtown
Phipps Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO – ADD ONS
Shattuck
Century Mountain View
Marin Sausalito
CineArts Santana Row San Jose
7/29
DALLAS
Angelika
Angelika Plano
HOUSTON
Edwards Greenway
AUSTIN
Violet Crown
Arbor
SEATTLE
Pacific Place
Metro
Lincoln Square Bellevue
PORTLAND
Cinema 21
MILWAUKEE
Oriental
DETROIT
Uptown Birmingham
8/5
PHOENIX
Tempe Marketplace
MADISON
Sundancen Cinemas
MIAMI
Regal South Beach
ST. LOUIS
Tivoli
CLEVELAND
Cedar Lee
CINCINNATI
Esquire
HONOLULU
Kahala
8/12
SAN ANTONIO
Bijou
AMC Huebner
COLUMBUS
Gateway
AMC Lennox
DAYTON
Neon Movies
KANSAS CITY
Palace
AMC Studio Olathe
SALT LAKE CITY
Broadway
INDIANAPOLIS
Keystone Art
PITTSBURGH
Regent
NEW ORLEANS
Canal Place
Elmwood
CHARLOTTE
Manor
RALEIGH-CHAPEL HILL
Colony Raleigh
Chelsea Chapel Hill