HUSTLERS CONVENTION

Showings

Film Info
Director:Mike Todd
Film Category:Documentary
Music Spotlight
Running Time:92 min
Country:USA
UK
Year of Release:2015
Premiere:West Coast Premiere
Local filmmaker

Description

Hustlers Convention is a hip-hop history lesson that feels at times like a rap cousin of Searching for Sugar Man.  As the filmmaker goes in search of the artist behind the influential 1973 album Hustlers Convention that changed the world, Mike Todd’s documentary re-examines a lost ancestral moment of black consciousness and black pop culture.  Interviews include George Clinton, Fab 5 Freddy, Ice-T and Chuck D as the film builds to the album's first live performance by Jalal Nuriddin aka Lightnin' Rod. -Chris Metzler

Co-Presented by Noise Pop