GZUZ - Licht & Schatten

APPROPIATE

2025 / 82min.

Rating6.25

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Follow rapper Gzuz on his toughest battle: getting out of excess, prison, and escalation—and into a life as a father, husband, and artist. But old patterns don't just disappear. Between touring, studio work, and family, he struggles with his past. Will he manage a fresh start, or will his life remain a tightrope walk between extremes?

Directors

Niko Apel

Actors

Jan Delay

Gzuz

Lisa Klauß

Ronny Boldt

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