{"id":11642,"date":"2011-08-26T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spitballarmy.com\/?p=11642"},"modified":"2011-08-26T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T01:30:21","slug":"the-edge-12-new-films-for-8262011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spitballarmy.com\/?p=11642","title":{"rendered":"The Edge 12: New Films for 8\/26\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

I live in the Crestwood neighborhood of Birmingham. There is a movie theatre down the street from me called The Edge 12. I can walk there from my home, if I so desire. This theatre has twelve screens. They frequently show films of great merit. They also show films for everyone else. We all get to choose.<\/p>\n

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Four new films have opened at The Edge 12 this week:<\/p>\n

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Beats, Rhymes\u00a0& Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest<\/strong><\/em> (2011)
\nDirected by Michael Rapaport.
\nRated R.<\/p>\n

Actor Michael Rapaport (who got munched by the shark early on in Deep Blue Sea<\/em>), turns director for this portrait of one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as A Tribe Called Quest. Rapaport and his camera crew chronicle the band’s\u00a02008 reunion tour. Using all-access interviews with Tribe members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhamad and cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9-style filmmaking, Rapaport attempts to foster a conversation to determine if there is a possibility to mend the wounds from over the years. The film also includes interviews\u00a0from the\u00a0Beastie Boys, Pharrell Williams, Mos Def, Santigold,\u00a0Monie Love, Pete Rock, Large Professor, De La Soul, The Jungle Brothers and Common, all of whom\u00a0express some combination of love, respect and inspiration drawn from the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest.<\/p>\n