Nas: Time Is Illmatic
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2013
Logline
Nas: Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film told through the lens of rapper Nas and his bluesman father Olu Dara that deconstructs Nas' indelible rap album Illmatic and the socioeconomic and cultural conditions that inspired it.
One9
Director/Producer
One9 is an award-winning multimedia artist, director and editor. His clients have included Google, PBS, Viacom, Sony Music and several non-profit organizations. One9 was born in Washington, DC and he lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Erik Parker
Producer
For more than a decade, music journalist Erik Parker has explored important issues surrounding hip-hop music, culture and politics. Parker also created and produced MTV Jams' "The Parker Report," a groundbreaking hip-hop centered talk show.