Dear Mama
2022 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 8.6
Dear Mama explores the activism of Afeni Shakur and the artistry of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, seen through the people closest to them. The series connects their shared message of freedom, equality, persecution and justice, framed as an intimate portrait of a mother-son bond that resonates today.
Also known as Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur · Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur
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Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
5 hours to watch · 5 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2022–2023
- Release date
- 2023-04-21
- Network
- FX
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 8.6/10 (29 votes)
About
You’ll like Dear Mama if you enjoy music-and-activism documentaries that blend personal history with social justice themes; Not for you if you want a purely straightforward, perfectly easy timeline, or if you prefer more tech-heavy music docs like Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy or Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men.
Pros: inspiring activist focus; rare archival footage; emotional family storytelling | Cons: can assume prior knowledge; timelines feel compressed; some accounts questioned
Themes
- california
- hip-hop
- black panther party
- rapper
- miniseries
- rappers
- mother son relationship
- black american
Cast & crew
Tupac Shakur
as Self (archive footage)
Afeni Shakur
as Self (archive footage)
- GC
Gloria Cox
as Self
Eminem
as Self
Mike Tyson
as Self
Dr. Dre
as Self
Snoop Dogg
as Self
- MO
Money-B
as Self
- SG
Shock G
as Self (archive footage)
- MS
Mutulu Shakur
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Allen Hughes
Episodes1 season · 5 episodes
Season 15 episodes
- S1E1Panther Power66mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Changes61mHulu
- S1E3So Many Tears50mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Ambitionz Az a Ridah64mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5Until the End of Time50mDisney+Hulu