Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Block Party (alternatively: Dave Chappelle's Block Party ) is a musical documentary from the year 2005 was directed by the French Oscar winner Michel Gondry. . The screenplay was written by comedian Dave Chappelle, who also appears as the main character.

Block Party had on 12 September 2005 at the Toronto Film Festival world premiere. The European premiere was held at the Berlinale on 13 February 2006.

Action

The U.S. comedian Dave Chappelle held on September 18, 2004, a concert, a so-called Block Party, at the crossroads Quincy Street / Downing Street in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.

In addition to the concert portion of the film also documents some of the organizational processes, such as the choice of the road, the use of Daycare Centers as a backstage area or the provision of Leihmöbeln by the Salvation Army. Even the run-down, but also exceptional Broken Angel House with its unusual pair of owners and the adverse weather conditions, a storm with heavy rains, are part of the film's narrative.

Before the concert starts, Chapelle hand invites people from his small-town home community of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and from New York City a. The people and their history will be doing a part of the film. In Ohio, he also encounters the Marching Band with their Invincible Marching Marauders of Central State University (CSU ), which he invites. Buses need to be organized at short notice. In New York Chappelle drives with a megaphone through the streets and the party will be posted on the Internet.

The Block Party begins with the arrival of Kanye West at the top of the Invincible Marching Marauders, then contact the artists of hip hop on such as Mos Def, Common, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, and Jill Scott. Is held together these existing of a professional musicians from the main band, whose line Ahmir uestlove Thompson? Takes over. The end of the concert is the one-time reunion of the Fugees.

The concert was documented by several independently operating cameramen headed by Ellen Kuras.

Reception

The film, whose production costs were approximately two million U.S. dollars, played worldwide, around 12 million dollars - 97 % of them in the U.S., where 1.79 million visitors saw the movie. In the rest of the world, the film came in only a few countries - mainly anglophone such as Canada, the UK and Australia - in cinemas and reached in these only a few tens of thousands of visitors. In Germany the film was also shown, reaching 6,000 visitors. In Austria and Switzerland, the movie does not hit cinemas.

Soundtrack

On 14 March 2006 a soundtrack was released by Geffen Records.

  • Hip Hop - Dead Prez
  • Definition - Black Star
  • Golden - Jill Scott
  • Universal Magnetic - Mos Def
  • The Light - Common feat. Erykah Badu & Bilal
  • Boom! - The Roots feat. Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap
  • Back in the Day - Erykah Badu
  • The Way - Jill Scott
  • UMI Says - Mos Def
  • You Got Me - The Roots feat. Erykah Badu & Jill Scott
  • Born & Raised - Black Star

Pictures of Dave Chappelle's Block Party

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