O Cinema & Hip-Hop House is proud to present THE CARTER! An in-depth look at the artist Dwayne LIL’ WAYNE Carter Jr, proclaimed by many as the “greatest rapper alive” ith comprehensive and personal interviews with Lil’ Wayne, this film will also feature insight from those that know him best.
“My life is like a movie and I do my own stunts.”
– Lil’ Wayne
THE CARTER is a documentary about Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil’ Wayne. An internationally known rapper, Tha Carter III went platinum in a week, and he just might be the voice of his generation. But this ain’t no VH1 rock doc. Rather, it is an intoxicating, cinematic journey into the thoughts and world of an extremely complicated man whose creative force is something to behold. He never stops recording. He has a portable studio that he carries around in a black bag, and it allows him to lay down a track anytime anywhere. It is his pressure valve and makes him a refreshing anomaly in a sea of manufactured prefab “”singers.”” His work is his own: unfiltered, uncensored, raw, and powerful. Director Adam Bhala Lough has unbelievable access to Lil’ Wayne’s public and private lives. He captures remarkably candid moments, such as Lil’ Wayne recounting his first sexual experience, as well as him talking openly about his drug habits. Following him all over the country and to Amsterdam, Lough mixes fly-on-the-wall footage of Lil’ Wayne in his hotel room and on his bus with artfully composed concert footage. The result is a shockingly intimate portrait of one of the most inspired (and eccentric) musicians of modern America.