On June 16,1971 Tupac Shakur was born. A Rap star brought to a culture that was just spreading its wings. He jumped right into the pilots seat and made it fly to new and amazing heights. Tupac: Resurrection is a story of the life that is seen by a visionary. Put together by the events that rattled a young mans life and breaking grounds of a new cultural movement. The documentary shows how one man set out to change the game. The life of a fallen star, told by Tupac himself.
             Tupac: Resurrection, directed by Lauren Lazin, was released November 14,2003. With an "R" rating, this film is filled with many songs that were never released, photographs from his child to adulthood, home movies, and a few selections of his poetry. This film is in the reporter style because it is someone just telling a story. The film follows the use of voice-overs, along with background music, interviews and Nat. sound. The film also chronicles Tupac's life from childhood to his unfourtunate death.
             Born in Brooklyn, New York to Afeni Shakur, whom was released from jail a month before he was born, and William Garland, Tupac was given the birth name Lesane Parish Crooks, which was soon changed to Tupac Amaru Shakur after an Inca Indian revolutionary. His new name had more power and meaning, " Shining Serpent, Thankful to God". At the age of two Tupac was blessed with a baby sister Sekyiwa. Sekyiwa's father was sentenced to sixty years in jail before she was born, leaving the children to grow up without a father figgure. This caused the family to move to many different locations in New York and even a few homeless shelters. Although, Afeni was a head leader of the Black Panthers and a wonderful mother she just couldn't teach her son what it takes to be a man, so he suffered a great deal.
             The Shakur family decided to pack up and leave for Baltimore, Maryland in search of a better living enviornment. Yet, life i...