I didn’t want to go see it, but my friend really did, so being the great pal I am, I said okay. I do like hip hop music, but I just wasn’t sure if I wanted to see a documentary movie about a concert. Plus, I really don’t know Dave Chappelle. I recognized him when I saw him, but I never watched his show.
In the first 15 minutes, I was worried. It was kind of boring and it was just talking, but then suddenly the movie started skillfully blending music, comedy and documentary and I was hooked. I also thought the movie had a great message…we’re all the same and we all can have the same opportunities no matter where we come from. And Wyclef Jean’s encouragement to African-American college kids near the end summed up the whole feeling of the movie. I definitely recommend it.
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Written on February 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm by Kelly