FrameThrower · Actors · Yasiin Bey
Yasiin Bey
3 films · 185 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2000–2008
Born 11 December 1973 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor.
Regarded as one of hip hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Mos Def, has shaped a career that transcends music genres and artistic medium. With the release of "Universal Magnetic" (1996), he became an underground favorite in the hip-hop world, leading to his legendary collaboration with Talib Kweli. The two formed Black Star whose debut album, Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star, would become one of the most critically acclaimed hip-hop albums.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 185 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2000–2008
- Theatre World Award2002
How their films are shot
Measured across 185 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Yasiin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Yasiin takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 185 frames from Yasiin Bey's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.