Film: Tribeca unveils new music films
The Tribeca Film Festival just wrapped in New York. It being NYC and the birth of hip hop, its kinda poetic that The Wackness made its premiere at Tribeca. Instead of a Hollywood cliche coming-of-age film with music as a backdrop, The Wackness really captures the role that music plays in a teen's life. And, as The Wackness is set in 1994, it's all about 90s hip-hop! Shapiro, the main character, makes mixtapes for his sweetheart. That's real. We’ve all done it before. Tribe Called Quest, R. Kelly, Biggie, Raekwon...long before the iTunes gift playlist we were diligently making mixtapes for our crushes and our friends.
Shapiro is our kind of guy - he's never without his headphones, he loves the ladies, but he might love hip-hop more. Method Man also plays a Jamaican in the film. Trailer to the film is above.
Also at Tribeca, Adam Yauch screened his previously reported film “Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot”. Mark your calendars for that local release, kids, this one is going to be hot.
