The Last Days of Left Eye
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The Last Days of Left Eye is a documentary
directed by Lauren Lazin
which premiered on VH1
and VH1 Soul
on May 19, 2007. It is centered around the life, last days spent in spiritual retreat in Honduras
, and April 25, 2002 accidental death of rapper/singer/actress Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
(born May 27, 1971 — died April 25, 2002), featuring prehumously-narrative insight and commentary from interviews of the singer.
, was released.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Lauren Lazin
Lauren Lazin
Lauren Lazin is an award-winning filmmaker whose first feature film, Tupac: Resurrection was nominated for a 2005 Academy Award. Her follow-up film, I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust was nominated for two 2006 Emmy Awards, and was named Best Documentary by...
which premiered on VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
and VH1 Soul
VH1 Soul
VH1 Soul is a digital cable and satellite television channel and is the sister network to VH1. It showcases R&B, funk, soul, and Motown music from various periods....
on May 19, 2007. It is centered around the life, last days spent in spiritual retreat in Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
, and April 25, 2002 accidental death of rapper/singer/actress Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Lisa Lopes
Lisa Nicole Lopes better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper, singer, dancer, actress, television host, and songwriter...
(born May 27, 1971 — died April 25, 2002), featuring prehumously-narrative insight and commentary from interviews of the singer.
Initial accident
During the course of filming the documentary, Lisa and a few friends were passengers in a vehicle driven by her assistant when a small boy ran out in front of the vehicle and was struck. The child died later that night. Lopes offered to pay the funeral costs for the family. After the funeral, Lopes was given the boy's shoes, and remarked to the cameraman, "His last name was Lopez. Isn't that something?" She also explained her fears that a spirit had been stalking her to do harm, but thought that the spirit made a mistake and killed the child rather than her.Lopes' death
The video of Lopes' fatal accident, taken from within the Mitsubishi Montero Sport that rolled over into the grass, was intentionally edited by the director at the request of the singer's family so as to show only the procession of events in the vehicle prior to the moment of impact. The coroner who performed her autopsy ruled her death as an accident.DVD release
A DVD was released in 2008. Before her first posthumous solo album, Eye LegacyEye Legacy
-Bonus tracks:NOTES:* 1 - uses instrumentation from the original 1998 demo.* Several bonus tracks were released as the EP Forever... The EP.-Remixes:The majority of songs on Eye Legacy are remixed versions of Lopes' 2001 release, Supernova....
, was released.
Credits
- Director: Lauren Lazin
- Executive Producer: Shelly Tantro
- Executives for VH1: Michael Hirschorn and Brad Abramson
- Producers: Reigndrop Lopes, Ronald Lopes and Kate Garfield
- Associate Producers: Amy Goldberg and Steven Vannucci
- Video edit: David Beinstein
- Video: Christofer Wagner
- Post sound: Sue Pelino and Doron Reizes
- Visual Effects: Fred Salkind, Stephanie Masarsky, and Anna Toonk
- Original Music: Michael Shaieb & Brent Lord, FatLab Music NYC