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Nicki Minaj livestream inspires Bradley Banton's directorial debut 'More Life' at LFF

London, Oct 18 (UNI) Actor-director Bradley Banton debuted his inventive feature film based on Nicki Minaj's Instagram livestreaming titled "More Life" at the 69th BFI London Film Festival (LFF).
Produced by Michael Fassbender's DMC Film, the work stars Tuwaine Barrett (Hard Truth), Dipo Ola and Jordan Peters and offers a compelling exploration of the intersection between social media performance and contemporary storytelling.
Bantan revealed that a Nicki Minaj livestream sparked the film's concept. He disclosed, “I was watching a Nicki Minaj livestream,” Banton recalled. “I was just like, ‘This is so entertaining. There’s something that needs to be done about this.’ And then we just built it from there.”
Originally, the movie was going to be set in London. “And then I was like, ‘You can live stream anywhere.’ So, let’s go to my favorite city, Copenhagen, for live streaming,” he explained.
It didn’t take weeks or months of production for this one. But the question was whether to do it in one continuous go or not. “Originally, it was going to be one long take,” Banton told The Hollywood Reporter. “But we thought that was a bit too crazy, especially because we only had four hours to do it. I’ve seen Boiling Point and Victoria. But I thought that would be a bit too crazy. So, we ended up doing glitches in order to splice together different takes.”
Given that the mobile phone is the typical livestreaming device, that also had an impact on the film and its format. “We knew it was always going to be vertical,” Banton said. But he is curious if some younger audiences will also end up watching the film on their cellphones down the line.
At the premiere, audience reactions were telling. Barrett recounted a young viewer who remained completely absorbed, leaving his phone untouched, a testament to the film's capacity to translate a familiar digital experience into a compelling theatrical encounter.
Both Banton and Barrett are open to future livestream-inspired projects, with Banton considering international locations and Barrett joking about securing a larger budget.
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