All Eyez on Me (2017) on Netflix
R20172h 19mBiographyDramaMusic
Tupac Shakur grows up in East Harlem, witnesses police violence against his neighbors. He attends the Baltimore School of the Arts, befriends Jada Pinkett, and joins Digital Underground.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb5.9/1026,567 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes18%
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Plot summary
Tupac's mother, Afeni, leaves prison with her fellow Black Panthers after acquittal in 1971, pregnant with him. He grows up in East Harlem taught black pride, seeing police violence against his neighbors. His stepfather, Mutulu, a revolutionary wanted by the FBI over an armored-truck robbery and murders, is seized when officers raid the family's apartment. As a teenager Tupac moves out and takes Afeni for treatment after finding her buying drugs. At the Baltimore School of the Arts he befriends Jada Pinkett, and his recording career begins with Digital Underground's "Same Song," with Leila Steinberg as his manager.
Cast
- Grace Gibsonas Faith Evans
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about All Eyez on Me (2017)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Journalist Kevin Powell sued the filmmakers in June 2017, claiming All Eyez on Me drew on articles he wrote for Vibe in the 1990s and that he had invented the character of Nigel.
- Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films sued Morgan Creek for $10 million in October 2015, saying it broke their 2013 co-production deal, which barred raising the budget above $30 million and required mutual approval of the lead actor and distribution deals.
- John Singleton signed on in February 2014 to rewrite, direct and produce the Tupac Shakur biopic, but exited in April 2015 over major creative differences, with Carl Franklin then eyed to direct instead.
