UK Screening
Join Director, Mike Todd, and Jalal Nuriddin, at ICA for a preview screening in London plus a Q&A session after the film.
PREVIEW – 14 June 2015 – 2pm
ICA – The Mall, London – TICKETS
On general release in the UK from 26 June 2015, check the ICA website for screen dates and times.
Manchester Evening News
28 October 2014
by Shelina Begum
The documentary, which is due to premier in early 2015 and is being executive produced by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, is the latest project of film maker Mike Todd, director of Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears.
The Bolton News
January 2015
by Melanie Wallwork
HAILED as one of music’s forgotten masterpieces, a Bolton film-maker is shining the light on Hustlers Convention.
In 1973, Jalal Nuriddin released the rap album under the name Lightnin’ Rod.
The Guardian
30 January 2014
by Graeme Thomson
Sampled by the Wu Tang Clan, Beastie Boys and Nas, lauded by Melle Mel, Chuck D and Grandmaster Flash, Hustlers Convention set the template for hip-hop. And yet the 1973 album by Jalal Nuriddin of the Last Poets has never received the recognition it deserves – or made any money for its creator
