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Tupac: Resurrection

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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 do 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.
Tupac: Resurrection

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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 05/24/2014
3/4
It'd be easy to write off Paramount's Tupac: Resurrection as a cheap publicity stunt. Go to Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
4/5
Gripping documentary, see it with your teens. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 05/04/2005
C
A dishearteningly incomplete portrait. Go to Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News 11/15/2019
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. Go to Full Review Dan Jardine Cinemania 09/12/2012
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. Go to Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 05/15/2009
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Chinu D 08/09/2024 Its a greatest movie. See more Geke g 08/03/2024 Tupac has a different mindset. So was this See more Munkhchimeg T 08/03/2024 Hearttouched and cried a lot. Very emotional movie if you love Tupac See more Gnr E 08/02/2024 One of the legends RIP Tupac See more Bulgantamir B 07/29/2024 My favotie rapper is tupac. this movie good See more Bahad j 07/28/2024 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. See more Read all reviews
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Lauren Lazin

Director

Lauren Lazin

Producer

Preston L. Holmes

Producer

Karolyn Ali

Producer

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 do 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)