Saturday, April 26, 2008

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you would do whatever it took to make it happen?

DO IT!: A DOCUMENTARY is a real life account filmed over the course of six entertaining months, following independent hip hop icon Quanstar through his day to day journey toward his ultimate goal of achievement for himself not only as a performer and an artist, but as a father and a man. It takes on a very personal effect, filmed intimately and independently not only by the film’s co-producer but, at times, by Quanstar himself.

He welcomes his audience into his grueling everyday experience as he balances the many aspects that come with the career path he has chosen. He single handedly runs his record label out of a tiny bedroom in his father ’s house, juggles two part-time jobs, shares joint custody of his toddler son - even as it means propping the boy on his shoulder as he performs at a local Summer benefit - and constantly works to raise funds by sponsorships and promotions in order to fund and drive his music career. You‘ll even follow him on his annual nationwide tour -“The Bring You’re ’A’ Game Tour”- during which just about everything that can go wrong goes wrong, and he is forced to adapt, adjust, and reinvent as he goes. Which he does, with incredible charisma and determination.

He’s a man who goes against the grain and is driven by nothing else than his own inner desire to be the best he can be in every way imaginable. He is supported by a strong cast of family and friends who all play roles in the film, including candid commentary by a select few closest to him. His relationship with his son shines throughout as an elemental and forceful factor in all he does. It becomes evident that while for many simply having a child in and of itself becomes the ultimate obstacle in pursuing their dreams, in Quanstar ’s case, it is the ultimate driving force. He will stop at nothing to prove to his son that dreams should never be given up, roadblocks should never mean the end, and goals should always be achieved no matter what it takes.

“Do It” is the best kind of film; spoken from the heart. Quanstar speaks to the camera as if you are right in front of him and bears his innermost thoughts in order to bring to light the true magnitude of what it means to be an independent artist in the thick of everything else his life entails. The film has appeal, not only because of its dynamic star, but because of the common thread in all of us that it speaks to. The dream we all search for, the obstacles we all face, and the inner motivation we all have somewhere inside of us to be not only where, but who, we want to be.

The film’s DVD is paired with a 12 song soundtrack featuring Quanstar and Atlanta based producer extra ordinaire, GM, with guest tracks done by Cypher Linguistics of Dropbombz.com and Lena Moon. Stand out songs like In The City, Drunkenman’s Prayer featuring jazz diva Chanel Mosley, and Back In The Day set the soundtracks tone to ensure listeners the finest ear candy available.

The "Do It!: A Documentary" deluxe set can be currently purchased at LULU.com, Quanstar's myspace (www.myspace.com/quanstar) and facebook (www.facebook.com/quanstar) pages, and many other online and mom and pop retailers. Also, the movie is availableas downloads in mpeg 4 and windows media files.

RUNTIME: 85 MINUTES

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