Nerdcore For Life: Now on DVD!

I can’t believe the day has finally come. Today is August 3rd, 2010 which means that our documentary Nerdcore For Life is now officially available to own on DVD! If you’d like top purchase a copy, just head to www.nerdcoreforlife.com to place your order. What does the DVD include? Well, here’s a breakdown of what’s on there:

The Movie
-The feature-length documentary (of course)

Bonus scenes
-Nerdcore Night After party
-The Sucklord meets Nomad
-Nerdcore in Las Vegas
-Monzy performs at Stanford
-The Nerdcore For Life team in Amsterdam

Music videos
-LOLcats by Doctor Popular
-Buggin’ Out by MC Router

As much as I love our film, I think the bonus scenes contain some of the best moments on the entire DVD. There’s some really awesome stuff in there. Basically the bonus scenes contain the footage that we thought was a little too harsh for the documentary.  (Check them out and you’ll understand what I mean.)

The release of the DVD closes a really huge chapter in my life. This Friday, August 6th it will be five years since I first heard of Nerdcore and got the insane idea in my head to try and make a movie about what was then, a totally underground and nascent genre. I’ve been trying to write a new description of the film for this announcement but I think our official synopsis still describes the film perfectly:

Two of the 21st century’s most powerful social forces; Hip-Hop and geek culture collide head-on in the feature-length documentary, Nerdcore For Life. Born on the internet, Nerdcore Hip-Hop is rap music made by geeks, for geeks and covers such traditionally nerdy topics as comic books, video games, sci-fi, anime and technology. This new and fascinating genre is founded on “Do It Yourself” ethics and most Nerdcore rappers create their music on home PCs and disseminate their work for free on the internet.

Though it has existed on-line for almost a decade, only recently has Nerdcore gone from being an internet fad to an underground cultural phenomenon. Filmed over the course of two years, Nerdcore For Life profiles the top names in the genre as they celebrate “geek Life” and their passion for hip hop to the fullest, fight anti-nerd stereotypes, and attempt to overcome the common obstacles that block musicians of all types from fulfilling their dreams. The documentary follows these dedicated artists as they go from recording rhymes in their mother’s basement to performing live for thousands of cheering fans. From their first song to their first MTV appearance, Nerdcore For Life chronicles the amazing transformation of a group of unknown nerds into internet celebrities and rising hip-hop stars.

I’m quite proud of this film and what we accomplished with it.  Now all that’s left for us to do is sell a copy to YOU!  So click here to do just that:  http://www.nerdcoreforlife.com/

Movie meets world

I’m very happy to finally announce that we’ve signed a worldwide distribution agreement for Nerdcore For Life with a fantastic company called Journeyman Pictures.  Journeyman is based in the UK and they specialize is distributing offbeat documentaries.  They do a ton of business throughout Europe which is a market that we all think will be really accepting of a crazy documentary about rapping nerds.  Journeyman has some really interesting plans for Nerdcore For Life. The DVD release is already in the works but the film should hopefully be accessible to people in lots of other ways.  For now though, the focus is getting the DVD ready to ship.  So stay tuned for a release date!