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- BFI identifier637567
- Date2001 (Copyright)
2008-05-24 (Release)
2002-09-10 (Television) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisDocumentary investigating the unsolved murders of two of the biggest ever Rap superstars: Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur. The director unearths evidence pointing to the involvement of the Los Angeles Police Department and the imprisoned co-founder of Death Row Records company, Marion `Suge' Knight. (Synopsis) Documentary investigating the lives and violent deaths of US gangsta rap stars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls. Originally friends, the two became enemies, only to both subsequently die of fatal gun-shot wounds in separate events. The murders remain unsolved. (NFA Catalogue)
- Work historyShown at Sundance (2002) under the title LA STORY.
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- CreditsDirector: Nick Broomfield
Production Company: Lafayette Films
Production Company: Channel Four
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Biggie and Tupac (Original)
LA Story (Alternative)
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10.5240/05FA-2E22-A761-07B6-91C1-TCategory
Non FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- ArticlesStudies in Documentary Film v1 n3 2007 - Article, BibliographySight and Sound v12 n5 May 2002 - InterviewEmpire n161 November 2002 - ArticleSight and Sound v12 n12 December 2002 - DVD Review, Video ReviewBlack Filmmaker v5 n16 Jun/Jul 2002 - Reviewview all
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Work - 637567 - 2001 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
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