TUPAC: RESURRECTION

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• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Title aside, we'll never see the likes of Tupac Shakur again. The late rap superstar was a complex, contradictory figure and, throughout the course of this riveting documentary, it's as if he's back in our world again. Produced by his mother, former Black Panther Afeni Shakur, Tupac Resurrection isn't so much 'biased' as it's subjective. In the MTV film, accompanied by a book and soundtrack, director Lauren Lazin looks at Tupac's short, full life from beginning to end and doesn't avoid the dark times--the arrests, the shootings--but she does tend to emphasize the positive over the negative. More to the point, the narration comes from Tupac himself, smoothly edited from countless interviews, so we're constantly getting his take on events. He's more thoughtful and articulate than his detractors might expect (despite the profanity), but the contradictions remain, making this essential viewing for even the most casual of fans. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
• Cast: Tupac Shakur, Rappin' 4-Tay, Conrad Bain, Bill Bellamy, William J. Bennett, The Notorious B.I.G., Todd Bridges, Pat Buchanan, James Cagney, Connie Chung, Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver, Gary Coleman, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Chris Connelly, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Peter Criss, Nancy Davis, Snoop Dogg, Bob Dole, Dr. Dre, Doctor Dré, Omar Epps, Faith Evans, Fab Five Freddy, Ace Frehley, Yafeu Fula, Ed Gordon, Jasmine Guy, Arsenio Hall, Fred Hampton, Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, Humpty Hump, Ice-T, Janet Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Johnny J, Khalil Kain, Regina King, Rodney King, Marion 'Suge' Knight, Kurupt, Kurt Loder, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, Ed Lover, Harold McCoo, Money-B, John Norris, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dan Quayle, Ronald Reagan, Simon Rex, Tim Roth, Afeni Shakur, Al Sharpton, Gene Simmons, John Singleton, Gene Siskel, Will Smith, Tabitha Soren, Paul Stanley, C. Delores Tucker, Voletta Wallace, Dionne Warwick, Marlon Wayans, Chris Webber, Bokeem Woodbine, Eric 'Eazy E' Wright, Lauren Lazin
• Director: Lauren Lazin
• Runtime: 1:52
• Company: MTV Films, Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie