In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop's infamous east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield's film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning evidence that suggests the LAPD deliberately fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records, the label run by feared rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Tupac Shakurhimself
- Nick Broomfieldhimself
- The Notorious B.I.G.Himself (archive footage)
- Russell PooleHimself
- Voletta WallaceSelf - Biggie's Mother
- Billy GarlandSelf - Tupac's Biological Father
- Chico Del VecSelf - Rapper
- Don SeaboldSelf - Mark's Lawyer
- Donald HickenSelf - Tupac's Teacher
- Frank AlexanderSelf - Tupac's Bodyguard
Crew
- Nick BroomfieldDirector
- Joan ChurchillDirector of Photography
- Jaime Estrada TorresEditor
- Mark AtkinsEditor
- Nick BroomfieldProducer
- Michele d'AcostaProducer
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