''The Last Days of Left Eye'' is a documentary directed by

Lauren Lazin Lauren Lazin is an American filmmaker whose documentaries have been nominated for the Emmys multiple times. She directed and produced the 2005 Oscar-nominated documentary film '' Tupac: Resurrection''. Career Film work Lazin's first feature film ...

that premiered on VH1 and

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on May 19, 2007. Filmed from March 30, 2002 until her death on April 25, 2002, it centered on the life, last days spent in spiritual retreat in

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, and accidental death of rapper and

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member

Lisa Lopes Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper and singer. She was a member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Besides ...

(May 27, 1971 — April 25, 2002), featuring narrative insight and commentary from interviews of the singer.

Initial accident

During the course of filming the documentary, Lisa and some acquaintances were passengers in a vehicle driven by her assistant. The van had killed a child only a few weeks prior to this accident. Lisa thought that the spirit that was haunting her killed the child by mistake.

Lopes' death

The video of Lopes' fatal accident, taken from within the

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that rolled over into the grass, shows only events in the vehicle prior to the moment of impact. The coroner who performed her autopsy ruled her death an accident.

Credits

*Director:

*Executive Producer: Shelly Tantro *Executives for VH1: Michael Hirschorn and Brad Abramson *Producers: Reigndrop Lopes, Ronald Lopes and Kate Garfield *Associate Producers: Amy Goldberg and Steven Vannucci *Video edit: David Beinstein *Video: Todd Jones and Christofer Wagner *Post sound: Sue Pelino and Doron Reizes *Visual Effects: Fred Salkind, Stephanie Masarsky, and Anna Toonk *Original Music: Michael Shaieb & Brent Lord, FatLab Music NYC *Audio Editor: Andrew Daniel & Marcie Roy

References

External links

*
''The Last Days of Left Eye''
on

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