Rapper Lil Wayne Sues Over Sundance documentary “The Carter”
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- Rapper Lil Wayne in documentary “The Carter” via: Sundance Film Festival
Rapper Lil Wayne filed a lawsuit Wednesday against film production companies Digerati Holdings and QD3 Entertainment over a “scandalous portrayal” of him in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival documentary film “The Carter.” The lawsuit also includes Quincy Jones’ son, Quincy Delight Jones III as one of the defendants.
The lawsuit charges that the company failed as promised to give Lil Wayne approval over the final cut. And instead presented an attempted scandalous “documentary” at Sundance. Interestingly, the lawsuit include some reference to Bernie Maddoff. [via: Radaronline]
The Carter is a documentary about Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil’ Wayne. An internationally known rapper, his most recent album went platinum in a week, and he just might be the voice of his generation. But this ain’t no VH1 rock doc. Rather, it is an intoxicating, cinematic journey into the thoughts and world of an extremely complicated man whose creative force is something to behold. He never stops recording. He has a portable studio that he carries around in a black bag, and it allows him to lay down a track anytime anywhere. It is his pressure valve and makes him a refreshing anomaly in a sea of manufactured prefab “”singers.”" His work is his own: unfiltered, uncensored, raw, and powerful. Director Adam Bhala Lough, whose fiction film Weapons premiered in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, has unbelievable access to Lil’ Wayne’s public and private lives. He captures remarkably candid moments, such as Lil’ Wayne recounting his first sexual experience, as well as him talking openly about his drug habits. Following him all over the country and to Amsterdam, Lough mixes fly-on-the-wall footage of Lil’ Wayne in his hotel room and on his bus with artfully composed concert footage. The result is a shockingly intimate portrait of one of the most inspired (and eccentric) musicians of modern America. [via: Sundance Film Festival]
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