Block Party
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Between the sharp comedic mind of David Chappelle and the quirky brilliance of French director Michel Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) there's not a single bad moment to be found in this captivating concert documentary chronicling a massive block party that Chappelle threw in 2004 down in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. With acts like the Roots Kanye West Jill Scott Mos Def Erykah Badu and a reunion of the Fugees this will be an automatic favorite for the hip-hop/neo-soul crowd. In its perceptive celebratory way the film opens the VIP gates on hip-hop culture and invites everyone in for a funky good time. Gondry's fly-on-the wall camera approach recalls D.A. Pennebaker docs like DON'T LOOK BACK (1967) but the attitude is more laid back and genial; the stars the band the locals the marching band Chappelle buses in from his Ohio hometown all come together with a rare sense of charmed spontaneity--watching it becomes akin to participation. Chappelle is hilarious whether handing out golden ti...
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