Directed by:
Joseph KahnScreenplay:
Joseph KahnCinematography:
Matt WiseCast:
Anthony Michael Hall, Calum Worthy, Debra Wilson, Walter Perez, Jon Park, Jackie Long, Yves Bright, Rory Uphold, Becky Wu, Ili Ray, Ryan Ochoa, Vivian Lamolli (more)Plots(1)
Penned by celebrated Toronto battle rapper Alex Larsen (a.k.a. Kid Twist), the film assumes the perspective of Adam (Calum Worthy), a white, purportedly progressive graduate student who infiltrates a community of diverse battle rappers for the sake of an edgy thesis. Before long he develops his own predilection for skilfully slinging rhymed insults and epithets as a competitive poet, and Kahn plays out the premise like a twitchy funhouse mirror of 8 Mile, cleverly subverting the Eminem vehicle's trajectory to a sardonic and sobering effect. The result also functions as a cultural mirror, one that invites you to laugh, gasp, and most importantly - perhaps most damningly - to invite recognition. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Bodied
Label: Pirate Music
Year: 2018
Format: digital
Length: 35:57
1. | Bodied | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 03:31 |
2. | 2+2 Battle | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 04:14 |
3. | Classroom, Pt. 1 | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 01:39 |
4. | Ya | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 04:22 |
5. | Ticking | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 00:52 |
6. | Hallway | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 01:19 |
7. | Classroom, Pt. 2 | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 02:04 |
8. | Mum | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 02:30 |
9. | Opus, Pt. 1 | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 05:38 |
10. | Opus, Pt. 2 Aka Crown | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 04:56 |
11. | Bodied For Life | Brain Mantia, Melissa Reese | 04:52 |