Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview #BSFF24 - IT WAS ALL A DREAM (documentary)- A visual memoir from director dream hampton’s personal archives about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop. Obviously you don’t need to be deep into hip hop to get a kick outta seeing these well-known legends in their early days. dream has easy and intimate access to her subjects, most often Biggie.
The videos don’t seem to be for Source magazine or any other outlet of the time. There’s some talk of her shooting for a doc, but it doesn’t seem serious or thought through. A skilled cinematographer she was not. For the most part, it feels as if she was compelled to capture these moments simply because she was there and knew it to be a cool vantage point; but without really knowing how or when the footage may be used.
I would imagine in present day when going through these archives, hampton realized in order to make this a doc, there needs to be an angle. And as there’s been enough done on gangsta rap and the violence it spurred and the whole East Coast vs West Coast rivalry; so instead she hones in on the misogyny. Examining how she could be in it and of it, yet still see and disapprove of the disrespect leveled at women, and to include interviews with early female rappers and their take on being called bitches and ho’s. Yet overall, the appeal of “It Was All A Dream” is of course the nostalgia. Younger generations will appreciate the history, but Gen-Xers are the target audience.
Complete post-screening Q&A posted - https://lnkd.in/gMKpkjJr
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5moLove the video Carlos! The MurWalls team were amazing - I was blown away by what they could achieve in such a short amount of time and the creativity and skill they brought to the project.