WU: The Story of The Wu-Tang Clan Premieres In L.A. February

[the illest shady]

Next week the 15th annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival gets underway and, with reliable breadth, it features more than 140 films reflecting a wide range of styles, subjects, genres and viewpoints regarding the experience of Africans and the African Diaspora.

The East Coast hip-hop scene finds representation in the superficially entertaining doc "Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan," made with protect-ya-image verve by one of the rap supergroup's video directors, Gerald K. Barclay. It doesn't dig too deep beyond Staten Island pride and the novelty of a nine-MC-strong crew as to why the Wu-Tang's spare, violent and surreally funny rap struck such a chord, but there are good stories, plenty of crazy, head-bob-inducing footage to enjoy, and genuine pathos toward the sad end of Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard, an unhinged original.

There is only one screening of this 90 minute wu-tang documentary...

Feb. 10th at 9:10PM at AMC Magic Johnson Theater- Theater #3.

Tickets are $9.50 for adults and $8.50 for students

Tickets can be purchased at the Manager's desk in the lobby of the theater.