RZA: Live from the 36th Chamber at The Palace Theatre

Spaceland Presents + Footlong Development Present RZA: Live from the 36th Chamber at The Palace Theatre Tuesday April 24th, 2018 21+ ON SALE NOW TICKETS: http://bit.ly/RZAPalace In the live-scoring performance, RZA will re-score the film from opening sequence to closing credits, seamlessly syncing scenes from the film with cuts from the Wu-Tang Clan’s rich discography spanning two decades. RZA was inspired to reimagine the film in the context of New York City, transforming his urban surroundings into Shaolin and assembling his cousins and friends to form the Wu-Tang Clan. The concept resulted in one of the most successful and influential hip-hop albums of all time; Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). RZA, the iconic producer and founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, first became enamored with martial arts films as a kid growing up in New York City.

Having watched The 36th Chamber of Shaolin with his older cousin Ol’ Dirty Bastard as a teenager at a rundown theater on Staten Island, RZA became profoundly influenced by film, developing a life-long passion that would influence a vast majority of his artistic output as a music producer and film director. RZA was initially drawn to the struggle between the oppressed Chinese villagers and the repressive Manchu authority, a sentiment he related to as a minority growing up in the US.