About London Film Festival: Piece By Piece
Depicting one’s life story with LEGO pieces might sound crazy, but for Pharrell Williams it was the only way – employing a medium that could mirror his musical career and creative spirit, defying all genre trappings and allowing audiences to be transported to wonderful places with limitless possibilities. Through Pharrell’s LEGO-rendered first-hand account, Oscar winner Morgan Neville’s (Twenty Feet from Stardom; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) documentary first takes us to the artist’s childhood home in Virginia Beach, where his love of music first began.
Piecing together his journey, from a teenage musician playing in a garage to international superstar gracing the biggest stages, we’re guided through Pharrell’s incredibly prolific and storied career, which includes his work in the band N.E.R.D. and as part of the producing duo The Neptunes (beautifully showcased in a head-spinning sequence of hits that reminds us how wide their influence stretches). The film also encompasses his solo endeavours, as well as collaborations with Kendrick Lamar and Daft Punk. Pictured through Neville’s sensitive gaze and featuring interviews with a star-studded LEGO-rendered cast that includes Jay-Z, Missy Elliot, Gwen Stefani, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg, this is an exuberant, inventive and refreshingly self-aware celebration of creativity.
BFI London Film Festival
Presented with the 68th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.
Booking info
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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.
MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.
