![]() ![]() I didn’t know there was an expectation for him to pick the Black Panther movement up and become the new leader.ĪP: Was the title “Dear Mama” an easy choice? But my poorness pales in comparison to Tupac’s poverty and not knowing where your next meal is going to come from throughout your adolescence. ![]() I come from welfare in the worst parts of Detroit being just poor. And why she struggled with addiction post with that whole thing happening with the Panthers and then being dismantled by the FBI. Anything in the film about her in the Panther 21 case trial that they were going to be sent way for 360 years for allegedly plotting to bomb all these places in and around New York City and her defending herself. I knew she had an addiction difficulties and challenges that she overcame. That’s when I definitely knew I made the right decision.ĪP: What new did you learn about Afeni while filming the project? I’m like, “What is this?” And they go, “Your address is yards away from where we put Tupac’s ashes.” That’s when I got goosebumps. In the meeting, when I went back to accept the assignment, one of the people from the estate slid an address in a piece of paper over to me. HUGHES: I was standing on Malibu Beach and I’m walking. I think maybe with the trauma from being completely obliterated by 10-15 guys, it just took a lot.ĪP: What was your clinching factor to do this project? But I’ve been in fist fights with my brother and recovered. No, you should never take it to the level of violence, whatever the misunderstanding is. I’ve since seen all the audio visuals with him saying he was remorseful about it, which I never knew existed. ![]() I wish I was man enough to have connected with him at the time. First of all, I saw the apology in real time. HUGHES: It took a few years for me to get over it. The estate and family were down with that.ĪP: How did you get over that altercation? But once I realized that there wasn’t enough about Tupac that I didn’t realize, it might be better to explore him through his mother and make it a dual narrative. It takes a lot out of you doing documentaries too - especially if you do it over the course of a few years, like we did this one. HUGHES: I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it because of obvious personal reasons. The five-part docuseries explores how the mother-son duo of Tupac and Afeni Shakur shaped American history. It took Hughes some time, but he finally stopped holding onto his deep-seated resentment a few years ago when Shakur’s estate approached him to direct a documentary called “Dear Mama,” which premieres Friday on FX and will stream the following the day on Hulu. After the dispute, Shakur was convicted and served about two weeks in jail. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Filmmaker Allen Hughes thought participating in any Tupac Shakur project was a farfetched idea especially after surviving a brutal altercation involving him and the rap legend three decades ago.įor years, Hughes firmly held a grudge even after a public apology from Shakur - who along with nearly a dozen gang members in 1993 physically attacked the filmmaker for firing the rapper from the cult classic “Menace II Society.” He along with his brother Albert Hughes had previously directed Shakur’s “Brenda’s Got a Baby” music video in 1990s.
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