Remember Eli Porter? You probably wouldn’t by name. But he’s the kid who went viral in the “Iron Mic” freestyle competition with the famous “I’m the best man. I did it.” line. And for some reason filmmakers Trent Babbington and Walker Warren decided to make a documentary about that moment – and I’m glad they did.
“People’s Champion: Behind the Battle” tells not just Eli’s story, but the story of an entire scene of high school kids in Chamblee, Georgia in 2003. It shouldn’t work – it was just a silly little rap battle shot by a film class – but the film takes the moment apart, exploring every moment of a four-and-a-half video to show everyone from the teachers, the students behind the camera, and the kids freestyling as the normal, good-natured people they are.
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