People in Brooklyn can catch the movie today at BAM. It might be sold out, but there could be cancellations.
http://www.bam.org/film/2014/time-is-illmatic
Nas: Time is Illmatic
Fri, Sep 19, 2014
LOCATION:
Peter Jay Sharp Building
BAM Rose Cinemas
RUN TIME: 74min
FORMAT: DCP
GENERAL ADMISSION: $14
CINEMA CLUB MEMBERS: $9 (Movie Moguls free)
STUDENTS/SENIORS: $10 (Students 29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
+ Intro by director One9 and writer/producer Erik Parker
Part of
BAMcinématek series
The SOURCE360
Directed by One9 | 2014
"This brisk, stylish and extremely heartfelt portrait of Nas ably stands on its own, marked by an admirable focus on the man and his music rather than hype and hagiography."
—Scott Foundas, Variety
This vivid documentary portrait of rap visionary Nas chronicles his childhood in the Queensbridge housing projects, the rap battles and rivalries of the New York City hip-hop scene, and the obstacles the trailblazing MC overcame to record his landmark 1994 album
Illmatic (one of only a handful of records to receive a perfect “five mics” rating from
The Source). Expertly directed by multimedia artist One9,
Time is Illmatic forgoes hyped-up mythologizing for an authentic record of a seminal time and plac