GRIOT: The Greatest Story (Dave Chappelle) Ever (Re)Told // Iceberg Slim // AI SHORT FILM

Tasha Caufield
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Published 2024-05-23
In “GRIOT: The Greatest Story (Dave Chappelle) Ever (Re)Told” – or “GRIOT: The Adventures of Iceberg Slim” – the power of AI filmmaking is used to create an AI short film that not only captures the essence of humanity’s storytellers, but one that demonstrates the power of stories to relay harsh truths that might otherwise be hard to articulate. In “Griot,” stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle shares a story from Iceberg’s Slim book, “PIMP,” (as performed in his special, “The Bird Revelation”), to convey to audiences his sentiments on capitalism and how it drove him to quit “Chappelle’s Show” and seek respite in Africa. And in true griot fashion, filmmaker T.M. Caufield continues the storytelling tradition with this AI short film.

It should be noted that this video contains explicit language and adult situations. Therefore, viewer discretion is advised.

This is for educational (and, for some, entertainment) purposes only.

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AI Film Made With:
Midjourney, Leonardo AI, PixVerse, Runway, FaceFusion / Pinokio, Topaz Labs, Artlist, Eleven Labs, D-ID, Canva, and Davinci Resolve

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All Comments (7)
  • @TashaCaufield
    Filmmaker’s note: As stated in the description, this video contains explicit language and adult situations. Therefore, viewer discretion is advised. But for the rest of you, enjoy!
  • @mattszy
    This is an amazing book too!
  • @mattszy
    Wow. Another amazing Ai short! Congrats! 🎉
  • @hooroojackson
    These are unreal. You are seeing something no one else is seeing, not just emulating trad film but reaching forward into a new artform.
  • @onesocialunited
    Tasha, I learned about you from your fantastic interview at AI Video School. I commented there, but is worth repeating that you reflect how AI tools can empower storytelling. You are an example of how AI enables important voices like yourself to bring their visions to life! We need more stories that have depth of heart. It reminds us how AI is another tool that transforms workflow but still requires human direction and storytelling. AI will only become more Magickal, and artists like you are important at this juncture in demonstrating best practices in utilizing AI tools that serve the artist, not steal our imagination and struggles that make us creative. As the author of “ AI Manifesto” that examines this bifurcation moment for humanity, AI is its sign post. Yes, there will be a lot more crappy, soulless AI content and more expectation for push-button art, but like all disruptions, it will be creatives like you who use AI, rather than AI using us. Just like all mechanistic science, AI can’t create something out of nothing; it exploits, hacks, and replicates. AI will be no different. AI will never have the heart and soul where real stories are born; they live in our human hearts. We will deal with AI like we deal with entities, like ancient shamans dealt with entities. We may get what we want from them, but not always in the way we thought. I have made my AI Manifesto audio book available for free and it’s inspiring to discover this shared common frequency with your heart https://onesocial.media/manifesto ❤