|
Question Bridge: Black Males (2012)
Character: Himself
multiple forms: a gallery installation, a website, a book, and a curriculum. It presents diverse experiences of Black men through a video question-and-answer exchange, a “question bridge,” to break down stereotypes of Black male identity perpetuated by America’s white dominant culture. Thomas and his collaborators traveled across the United States, recording questions from nearly 160 men, bringing the questions to others to answer, and filming additional questions from those respondents that other participants, in turn, could later address. The project enables a large group of men to speak to each other across geographic, economic, political, and generational divisions.
|
|
|
Adult Swim Festival Presents: Run the Jewels (2022)
Character: Self
Run The Jewels returns to the Adult Swim Festival, performing a full set including tracks from the album 'RTJ4'. Experience this live performance without the hassle of leaving your couch.
|
|
|
Criminal Behavior (2013)
Character: Anthony
A young couple, Nathan and Jewel, are enduring financial and emotional hardship, when past criminal friends re-emerge into their lives and force Nathan to partake in a robbery. Now, he must find a way to stop his past from destroying his future. Written and directed by Warren Pemberton
|
|
|
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy (2016)
Character: Himself
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion Of White Supremacy is the latest follow up film to the critically acclaimed hit documentary series Hidden Colors. In this installment of the Hidden Colors series, the film explores topics such as: The motivation behind European global subjugation The history of rarely discussed vast West African empires How germ warfare is used on melanated people The history of slave breeding farms in America And much more.
|
|
|
|
We Are George Floyd (2020)
Character: Self
On May 25th, 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man, by driving his knee into George's neck for 8 minutes and 45 seconds until he died. This film chronicles New York City's overwhelming response.
|
|
|
|
|
Black, White & Blue (2017)
Character: Self
Black White & Blue covers race issues in America, police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Flint Water Crisis, and the 2016 election of President Donald Trump. The film features one-on-one interviews with notable African-Americans: Michigan Senator Coleman Young II, Baltimore attorney William "Billy" Murphy Jr., rapper Killer Mike, former NYPD Officer Michael Dowd and others.
|
|
|
|
Run the Jewels: [2015] Reading Festival (2015)
Character: N/A
Run the Jewels at Little John's Farm, Reading, England Run the Jewels Oh My Darling Don't Cry Blockbuster Night, Part 1 Banana Clipper Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) Sea Legs Pew Pew Pew Lie, Cheat, Steal Early All Due Respect Get It A Christmas Fucking Miracle
|
|
|
|
|
Jackboyz (2001)
Character: N/A
Four young friends from Atlanta, GA, formed a robbing crew, a robbing trap boyz. After several tragic events they now attempt to get out of the game. They realize that it won't be as easy as getting in.
|
|
|
Big Bruh (2023)
Character: Money Montez Sheffield / Montez Sr. (voice)
Determined to rehab his public image, a boxer joins the Big Bruh / Lil Sis program and meets his match.
|
|
|
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports (2023)
Character: Self
Fifty years ago in the Bronx, a new genre of music was born, the product of a people searching for their voice and the opportunity to be heard. For decades, the community was bound by the words of leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X before their assassinations attempted to thwart the messaging. While their lives ended, the impact of their words never would, instead paving the way for others. Soon, athletes and entertainers would step to the microphone and boldly become the sound of a new generation and an inspiration to their people. When the world looked to silence them, the culture found a way to speak louder than ever before. From Muhammad Ali to Public Enemy, Jay-Z to Lebron James and beyond, the impact on sports has been indelible.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grass Is Greener (2019)
Character: Self
Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. In his directorial debut, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy presents an unparalleled look at the racially biased history of the war on marijuana. A range of celebrities and experts discuss the plant’s influence on music and popular culture, and the devastating impact its criminalization has had on Black and Latino communities. As more and more states join the push to legalize marijuana, this documentary dives deep into the glaring racial disparities in the growing cannabis market.
|
|
|
Word is Bond (2017)
Character: Himself
This documentary film examines the transformative power of lyrics in the world of hip-hop music. Through dynamic archival footage, in-depth interviews and excursions with artists like Nas, Tech9, J Cole, Rapsody and Anderson. Paak, the film explores the many dimensions that hip-hop poetics occupy.
|
|
|
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial (2024)
Character: Self
Bronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad — revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.
|
|
|
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
Character: Blacksmith (voice)
A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
|
|
|
Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial (2023)
Character: Self
The criminal case against Young Thug and Gunna, two of the biggest names in hip hop, reignited a conversation around the use of lyrics in the courtroom and sparked a movement to protect art. Are these words evidence of a crime or fiction set to rhyme?
|
|
|
ATL (2006)
Character: Killer Mike
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
|
|
|
Baby Driver (2017)
Character: Restaurant Patron #2
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
|
|
|
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told (2024)
Character: Self - Rapper/Activist
A celebratory exploration of the boisterous times of Freaknik, the iconic Atlanta street party that drew hundreds of thousands of people in the 80s and 90s, helping put Atlanta on the map culturally.
|
|
|
Logic's Everybody Documentary (2017)
Character: Self
The 45 minute film follows Logic through the making of the album which has a lot of contributions from guest artists, musicians and instrumentalists. Even his wife Jessica Andrea has guest vocals on several songs and skits. There is one scene where the rapper gets very emotional about the content of the album and how much love he gets from his dedicated fans.
|
|
|
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (2022)
Character: Boxy Brown (voice)
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech mogul, Neil, and his trusty scientist sidekick, Elmer.
|
|
|
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a (2022)
Character: Self (uncredited)
After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Boxing Club, to deliver an intimate set in his hometown Atlanta. Byron talks about his long journey to his first comedy special, the stigma of mental health, and how tripping on mushrooms made him understand his schizophrenic father and altered the way he feels about his Blackness.
|
|
