Directed by:
Mark FordScreenplay:
Mark FordCast:
Snoop Dogg (narrator), Nas, Ice-T, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Kurupt, Cheo Hodari Coker, DJ Yella, Connie Rice, Denise Harlins, Charlie Beck, Alex Alonso (more)Plots(1)
Twenty years after riots ripped through Los Angeles, Uprising documents how hip hop forecasted — and some say ignited — the worst civil unrest of the 20th century. The film revisits the riots in gripping detail and draws from a diverse collection of voices: the rappers, rioters, victims, police officers, journalists and everyday citizens of South Central Los Angeles. The documentary traces the rise of dissent in Los Angeles in the '80s and '90s and explores why citizens chose to rise up violently against police abuse and perceived injustices. (Tampere Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Snoop Dogg (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
The Up In Smoke Tour (2000) (concert)
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005) (concert)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Nas
USA
Best movies:
Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (video compilation)
Belly (1998)
Popstar (2016)
Ice-T
USA
Best movies:
Who's the Man? (1993)
Luck of the Draw (2000)
Trespass (1992)
Dr. Dre
USA
Best movies:
The Up In Smoke Tour (2000) (concert)
Cypress Hill: Still Smokin' (2001) (video compilation)
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
Ice Cube
USA
Best movies:
The Up In Smoke Tour (2000) (concert)
Cypress Hill: Still Smokin' (2001) (video compilation)
Family Values Fall Tour '98 (1998) (concert)
Eazy-E
USA
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
N.W.A: Appetite for Destruction (1991) (music video)
CB4 (1993)
Kurupt
USA
Best movies:
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005) (concert)
Dark Blue (2002)
A Day in the Life (2009)
DJ Yella
USA
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015) - a.f.
N.W.A: Appetite for Destruction (1991) (music video)
Connie Rice
USA
Denise Harlins
USA
Charlie Beck
USA
Alex Alonso
USA
Best movies:
Ali G: Bling Bling (2001) - a.f.
Ali G, Innit (1999)
John Singleton
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Shaft: The Return (2000)
Too $hort
USA
Best movies:
Menace II Society (1993)
Arsenio Hall
USA
Best movies:
Coming to America (1988)
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
Black Dynamite (2009)