

This is the Life
A Film by Ava DuVernay
A feature-length documentary that chronicles “The Good Life” emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the art form.
Directed by Ava DuVernay • Screenplay by Ava DuVernay • Produced by Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Omid Walizadeh, Isaac Klotz
Ava DuVernay’s 2008 documentary is a personal love letter to a slice of Los Angeles’s 1990s hip-hop
This is the Life
A Film by Ava DuVernay
A feature-length documentary that chronicles “The Good Life” emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the art form.
Directed by Ava DuVernay • Screenplay by Ava DuVernay • Produced by Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Omid Walizadeh, Isaac Klotz
Ava DuVernay’s 2008 documentary is a personal love letter to a slice of Los Angeles’s 1990s hip-hop
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In the News
‘This Is the Life’ Review: A Valuable Part of Hip-Hop History
Ava DuVernay’s 2008 debut feature, the documentary “This Is the Life,” is a refreshing portrait of a 1990s California hip-hop subculture that thrived separately from gangsta rap.
Ava Duvernay’s ‘this Is The Life’ Doc Hits Netflix As One Of Its Stars Myka 9 Drops ‘nine Clouds’ Album
Freestyle Fellowship and Project Blowed MC Myka 9 came up in Los Angeles during The Good Life Cafe era.