Playing in select theaters on February 16th and February 23rd only is the new music documentary Re:Generation Music Project. The movie is directed by Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story) and follows five DJs including DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, and The Crystal Method, as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music. The film also features appearances by musical artists such as NAS, Erykah Badu, Ziggaboo Modeliste, Mos Def, Trombone Shorty, Members of The Dap-Kings, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore of The Doors, LeAnn Rimes, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Martha Reeves, and The Funk Brothers. 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Erykah Badu, LeAnn Rimes and Pretty Lights, and The Crystal Method to discuss their work on both the film and soundtrack for Re:Generation Music Project. The artists discussed how they became involved with the project, what it says about musicians, Badu's unlikely songwriting inspiration, and The Crystal Method's bittersweet tour of Detroit with Motown legend Martha Reeves. 

It’s bad news for The Tillman Story, it seems.

We reported earlier today that the Weinstein’s were trying to appeal the R-rating given for “excessive language”. Both the film’s director Amir Bar-Lev and producer John Battsek appealed to the ratings board, in hopes to get a PG-13.

The critically acclaimed documentary The Tillman Story is facing a new kind of fight.

Amir Bar-Lev’s story about a family looking for the truth regarding their son’s death due to friendly fire in Afghanistan is arriving at theatres on August 20. With just one week before release, Harvey Weinstein (whose Weinstein Co. is distributing the film) is planning to battle the current R-rating given to the film for “excessive language”.

Synopsis: When Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002, he became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complex, and ultimately far more heroic, then the caricature. And when the government tried to turn his death into propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in Northern California, Pat’s mother, Dannie Tillman, led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death. THE TILLMAN STORY resounds with emotion and insight, and goes beyond an indictment of the government to touch on themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself. (Documentary)