Peter Spirer - Veteran Hip Hop Filmmaker at Urbanworld 2009
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Channel: Reelblack One · 2010 · Entertainment
RBTV's Robin Laverne Wilson had a chance to interview veteran filmmaker Peter Spirer at the 2009 Urbanworld Film Festival in NYC. an Oscar nominee (for best short documentary in 1994) Spirer came to prominence with his first feature film, RHYME AND REASON (1997), which led to a collaboration with QDIII (Quincy Jones III) that produced the hip hop classic films BEEF 1-3, THE ART OF 16 BARS, THE MC, TUPAC: THUG ANGEL and NOTORIOUS B.I.G.: BIGGER THAN LIFE. Spirer was in competion with JUST ANOTHER DAY, a narrative feature set in the world of hip-hop starring WOOD HARRIS and JAIMIE HECTOR from The Wire. In this compelling interview, he talks of his love of hip-hop, moving from docs to fiction film and working with non-professional actors. Beats bt 2lordz.blogspot.com Check it out--JUST ANOTHER DAY will be released on home video July 20, 2010 on Image Entertainment. www.image-entertainment.com Check out more exclusive clips at www.youtube.com/user/reelblack ##### Reelblack's mission is to educate, elevate, entertain, enlighten, and empower through Black film. If there is content shared on this platform that you feel infringes on your intellectual property, please email me at [email protected] and [email protected] with details and it will be promptly removed.
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