Quest
Streaming video - 2017
This New York Times Critics' Pick, filmed with vérité intimacy for nearly a decade, is a moving portrait of the Rainey family living in North Philadelphia. Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, Christopher "Quest" Rainey, and his wife, Christine'a "Ma Quest" raise a family while nurturing a community of hip hop artists in their home music studio. It's a safe space where all are welcome, but this creative sanctuary can't always shield them from the strife that grips their neighborhood.. Epic in scope, QUEST, is a vivid illumination of race and class in America, and a testament to love, healing and hope.. Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival and Hot Docs Canadian International Doc...umentary Festival.. "An intimate and patient portrait of a North Philadelphia family [...] I’ve rarely seen a movie about citizenship as quietly eloquent as QUEST." - The New York Times. "QUEST may be one of the most important films about the American experience ever filmed." - POV Magazine
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
First Run Features
2017.
2018. - Language
- English
- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Playing Time
- 01:44:01
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).