Jay Z's Made In America documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
21 August 2013, 17:29
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Carris Boast
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Jay Z’s new documentary film, Made In America will be showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
The flick was created by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and will be aired in what will be its worldwide premiere. It was shot during Jay Z’s Made In America music festival in Philadelphia last September and is told from his own perspective.
The project will have a biographical focus, following the rapper’s complete history to date – from his beginnings to rise to fame, as well as documenting the preparations for the festival which he curated and headlined.
Made In America features Drake, Rick Ross, Odd Future and Skrillex in cameo appearances.
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