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Sam Pollard, Jason Pollard
Ol' Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
United States 2024
86 min •
English
K12
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Too real to survive, too iconic to forget
The wild heart of Wu-Tang Clan, the loudest voice in the room, a hip-hop legend: Ol’ Dirty Bastard! A Tale of Two Dirtys takes us from the Brooklyn projects of the ’90s to Wu-Tang’s world domination - through shows, scandals, and downward spirals. ODB was a genius who could spit rhymes as easily as he spat in the face of authority. His life was a rollercoaster of explosions, drugs, prison bids, and chart-topping highs, each twist adding fuel to the living myth. Yet behind the chaos lies an intimate, often painful portrait of a man wrestling with his own demons and a world that never cut him any slack.
Through archival footage and brutally honest interviews, we see the many sides of Russell Jones: the outlaw rapper ODB, the family man Russell, and the spiritual seeker Ason Unique. His story is told in the voices of those who knew him best: his family, his Wu-Tang brothers Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, and collaborators like Mariah Carey.
A Tale of Two Dirtys doesn’t sugarcoat or play nice. It shows ODB raw, conflicted, unforgettable. He lived at full throttle and left this world too soon at 35, but his impact still echoes through hip-hop and culture - loud and unapologetic.
Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthin’ ta F’ Wit.