ImageNation’s Cinematic Music Festival
A 3-day Film & Music Festival in Marcus Garvey Park
May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story (2023)
Music: The Hip Hop Fraternity artists paying tribute to the iconic rap group.
Inspired by hip-hop groups like De La Soul and Public Enemy, rappers Phonte and Big Pooh, and producer 9th Wonder, based in Durham, North Carolina, formed Little Brother to carry on the tradition of developing hip-hop music set forth by their “big brothers.” Now, a new documentary tells their story-May The Lord Watch: The Little Brother Story follows the rise, breakup, and reunion of Little Brother. A music documentary in the tradition of films like Beats Rhymes and Life or Zappa, May the Lord Watch details the vast impact of the preeminent 2000s group.
Fri. Aug 30th
Music: JAZZMOBILE
Various live jazz artists performances.
Sat. Aug 31st
Hal King (2021)
Music: Various neo-soul artists from the film Hal King, performing live before the film.
Hal King is a coming of age film musical, based on Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, loosely set in the US during the jazz era. Hal, the son of a community leader, lives the high life running with drug addicts and fast women. But after being drafted for the Korean War, he comes home as a changed man and falls in love with his father’s political rival.
