EP 1,053 - Allen Hughes (Director of Dear Mama, The Defiant Ones, Menace 2 Society) on Doc Writing, Tupac at 19, Goosebump Moments, Directing Denzel

I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST

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2.8 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Today is a Special Day! This is The Zone of Disruption! This is the I AM RAPAPORT: STEREO PODCAST! His name is Michael Rapaport aka The Gringo Mandingo aka The Monster of Mucous aka Captain Colitis aka The Disruptive Warrior aka Mr. NY aka The Inflamed Ashkenazi aka The Smiling Sultan of Sniff aka The Flat Footed Phenom is here with Allen Hughes (Director of Dear Mama, The Defiant Ones) to discuss: Being off social media & Michael speaking his truth, loving Beats, Rhymes & Life, being a Stern Show fan, storytelling through documentaries, Streaming Wars, directing Denzel Washington on The Book of Eli, working with Gary Oldman, hating ADR, Al Pacino in A Dog Day Afternoon & transforming in other roles, Betty Davis deserving more credit, working with actors who get "stuck", American Pimp, The Defiant Ones & writing a documentary, themes & sub-themes, how Dear Mama came about, goosebump moments in the film, the stardom of Tupac Shakur, "bringing it to Grandma", getting all the footage & how to use it, his relationship with Tupac, being in Juice & what it meant, music sequences & inspiration, needing Michael back on the documentary mic again as a director & a whole lotta mo’! This episode is not to be missed!

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0:00.0	Yes, have no fear of the I am Rapids serial podcast is here I am Rapids serial podcast
0:15.6	is here this may be the best.
0:19.8	This podcast may be the best interview podcast I have ever done Alan Hughes who directed
0:28.6	with his brother minister society who directed with his brother dead president who directed
0:33.8	on his own the defiant ones about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iveen and who just directed another
0:42.4	masterpiece a five part over five hour documentary called dear mama about two pock.
0:51.7	This is a master class in podcasting a master class in filmmaking.
0:57.4	You're only as good as your guests and Alan Hughes is one of the best that I've ever
1:02.2	had on.
1:04.9	I am Rapids serial podcast coming up now with the great Alan Hughes talking about every
1:09.9	single thing and more.
1:13.2	I'm so proud so excited about this episode Miles Jordan aka the beach brothers aka the
1:19.1	dust brother start this puppy off with something real nice start this puppy off with something
1:24.6	real at the most importantly start this I am Rapids serial podcast museum quality episode
1:31.1	off with something real funky it's the I am Rapids serial podcast let's go.
1:38.8	The great Alan Hughes so happy to have you on the podcast site to talk to you site to
2:03.4	pick your brain got so many questions Alan Hughes dear mama five part five hours documentary
2:13.4	about a Fanny Shakur and two pock Shakur it's really an Fanny and two pock Shakur documentary
2:21.5	you directed the defiant ones which was also ridiculous ridiculous was that four parts that
2:27.8	was four parts four hours four hours yeah little over four hours defiant ones which
2:33.8	we could do a whole podcast about that because when I saw that I mean I was bugged out just
2:40.0	by the undertaking just everything that you were able to capture and defiant ones menace the
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