2023-06-11 09:33:16
“For Khadija”, the documentary film that chronicles the life of Moroccan rapper French Montana, will premiere on June 17, in New York, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.
An autobiographical documentary that features on the Tribeca Film Festival program and is named after the rapper’s mother, Khadija. It will be introduced to the public by American actor Robert de Niro at the festival he co-founded. A consecration!
The announcement was made by rapper Karim Kharbouch, aka French Montana, on his Instagram account: “From a small village in Africa, Morocco, to Robert de Niro presenting my life story at the Tribeca Film Festival”, he writes.
Born in Rabat, Karim Kharbouch spent a large part of his childhood in Casablanca, before settling at the age of 13 with his mother and brothers in New York. A film that lifts the veil on the stages that have marked the life of the rapper and recounts his meteoric rise in the world of music.
This documentary produced by Puff Daddy and Drake and directed by Mandon Lovett, therefore pays homage to the tutelary figure of the mother. Karim Kharbouch recounts the sacrifices of his mother to raise his children. But still, he tells his life from the city of Casablanca where he grew up in the famous New York district of the Bronx, cradle of rap and hip-hop music in the United States.
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“It’s just a real immigrant story. I’ve never really seen anyone make a film like that,” French Montana said in an interview with the American channel CBS News.
The Tribeca Film Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022. Created by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, it projects international and independent films, whose authors are often young, onto New York screens. and promising. This year the festival takes place from June 7 to 18.
French Montana’s first single, “Pop That”, released in 2012, was certified platinum, before his album “Excuse My French”, propelled him to the forefront of the American scene. His hit “Famous”, unveiled the beauties of Morocco and the blue city, Chefchaouen.
After the screening of “For Khadija”, the rapper will give a concert as part of the Tribeca festival.
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