Nasir "Nas" Jones' documentary "Time is illuminatic" is a part of history more people need to learn about. In terms of both music and New York. Such as "DJ Hot Day", how the sense of community came together to bring music out to the streets. Later down the line the epidemic of crack and how so many people were lost. How Nas wanted to give the affect of what was going on in his world during this time in New York. The main take away that i was left with was how dedicated Nas was for his city and the community that lied within it. Bringing people together through music and the current events that were going on during that time to bring recognition.

An iconic film. With so many forms of storytelling involved, woven together to tell the story of Ushio Shinohara's art and his relationship with his wife Noriko. I really enjoyed the back and forth between his own experiences internally and externally from the art world and how him and his wife's role play a part in the business/creation. Seeing that art is not their whole world but how it shapes one another being a constant home base. The whole time i just thought about how communal art is, during the creative process and even after it is done to be admired and or sold. Just a reminder that everyone needs to make a living - but it doesn't have to be a solo journey.

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