A Tribe Called Quest Left Out Documentary Premiere

Michael Rappaport’s much anticipated documentary on one of Hip Hop’s most respected collectives, A Tribe Called Quest, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend. With the exception of Phife Dawg, the group chose not to attend the premier. The director opens up about his disappointment about the band’s absence during that event in the video above. Q-Tip’s has expressed his discontent with this film project a few times via his Twitter account as certain pieces of their story have not been told.

I am not in support of the a tribe called quest documentary. The filmmaker should respect the band to the point of honoring the few requests that’s was made abt the piece. The filmmaker should respect the band enough to honor our request regarding the the film.

The band has sent out following statement on the night of the premiere.

Thanks to our fans for their support through the years and for the enthusiasm around the documentary. We hope that the film’s perspective conveys our love of hip-hop culture. We could not attend Sundance, but we want to express our love and appreciation for the support that we have received in advance of the film’s premiere tonight. We hope that it is well received. Thank you.

Source: Nah Right