Tupac: Resurrection

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Tupac: Resurrection

R

2003

1h 40m

Documentary

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Using interviews, photographs and home movies, this documentary presents the life of rapper Tupac Shakur. His mother, Afeni, is a Black Panther who spends part of her pregnancy in jail. Growing up in a politicized atmosphere, Shakur attends a performing arts high school in Baltimore, where he begins rapping. Success comes early, as does a series of legal problems, with arrests and accusations of violence against women leading up to his meteoric rise to fame and still-unsolved 1996 murder.

Critics Consensus

There's no question where the director's loyalty lies in this one-sided tribute; however, Tupac's charisma makes this doc an engaging sit.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

May 24, 2014

3/4

It'd be easy to write off Paramount's Tupac: Resurrection as a cheap publicity stunt.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 29, 2010

4/5

Gripping documentary, see it with your teens.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

May 4, 2005

C

A dishearteningly incomplete portrait.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Nov 15, 2019

An eerie eulogy from the deceased. Still, the film never feels like a gimmick. Instead, there is a heartfelt honesty that accentuates how tragic Shakur's murder was.

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Dan Jardine

Cinemania

Sep 12, 2012

77/100

Tupac's evolution as an artist showed us a young man who was an activist, involved in the community, who showed signs of becoming a more self-aware and self-critical artist, as his music moved from the political to the personal.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

May 15, 2009

B

The winning conceit of producer/director Lauren Lazin's flamboyant documentary about the life of Tupac Shakur is that the late rapper's voice is the primary source the audience hears.

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Geke g

@RT40239519 Aug 3, 2024

Tupac has a different mindset. So was this

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Munkhchimeg T

@RT64187897 Aug 3, 2024

Hearttouched and cried a lot. Very emotional movie if you love Tupac

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Bulgantamir B

@RT36664197 Jul 29, 2024

My favotie rapper is tupac. this movie good

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 Jul 28, 2024

In my opinion, I felt that the movie was very good, behind all this, the filmmaker was able to come up with the right festive details to congratulate the members of the behind-the-scenes team.

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Aug 23, 2021

Tupac was the greatest of all time

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Apr 10, 2021

A treat for all music fans.

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Lauren Lazin

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Lauren Lazin

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Preston L. Holmes

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Karolyn Ali

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Afeni Shakur

Executive Producer

Van Toffler

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Using interviews, photographs and home movies, this documentary presents the life of rapper Tupac Shakur. His mother, Afeni, is a Black Panther who spends part of her pregnancy in jail. Growing up in a politicized atmosphere, Shakur attends a performing arts high school in Baltimore, where he begins rapping. Success comes early, as does a series of legal problems, with arrests and accusations of violence against women leading up to his meteoric rise to fame and still-unsolved 1996 murder.

Director: Lauren Lazin
Producer: Lauren Lazin, Preston L. Holmes, Karolyn Ali
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: MTV Films, Amaru Entertainment Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.7M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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