Tariq Trotter

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop (2023)

A once-in-a-lifetime live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the two-hour tribute special features exclusive performances from hip-hop legends and GRAMMY-winning artists, including Black Thought, Bun B, Common, De La Soul, Jermain ...

tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out. ...

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021)

Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults. ...

Waiting for Godot (2021)

An experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket's vision of perpetual uncertainty, anxiety, and loneliness is refracted through our current moment. ...

Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma (2021)

In 1970, Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Blackcentered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape and the Black ABCs were born. ...

Between the World and Me (2020)

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates' #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates' book - with documentary footage from the actors' h ...

My Name Is Pedro (2020)

This film explores what public education meant to South Bronx Latino maverick educator, Pedro Santana, and what he, in turn, meant to public education. ...

Bread EP Short Film (2018)

Visual accompaniment to The Alchemist's 2018 EP, Bread. ...

Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville (2017)

A Concert for Charlottesville was a benefit concert held on September 24, 2017, organized by the Dave Matthews Band to raise funds for the victims killed and injured during the Unite the Right rally held from August 11–12, 2017. The band labeled the even ...

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz. ...

Stealing Cars (2016)

A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system. ...

Brotherly Love (2015)

West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition. ...

Get On Up (2014)

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. ...

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)

A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers ...

On the Inside (2011)

A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him. ...

Yelling To The Sky (2011)

As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain. ...

Night Catches Us (2010)

After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering ...

Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)

The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party. ...

Love Rome (2004)

Vignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. ...

Brown Sugar (2002)

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national maga ...

Brooklyn Babylon (2001)

A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background. ...

Bamboozled (2000)

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit. ...

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor (1998)

On The Go - Repeat Offender (1995)

Hip-Hop Culture and Graffiti Video Magazine ...

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) (2026)

Examines the legacy, cultural impact, and body of work of American R&B/funk/jazz/soul/disco band Earth, Wind & Fire, and will feature exclusive access to the band's archives of visual, audio, and written material, as well as the support of the estate of Ma ...

The League (2023)

The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the league ...

Men in Black (1997)

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the m ...