because i can do all of that at the same time. halftime starts following the star s life in 2019, a time when she was receiving accolades for her standout performance as the veteran stripper ramona in the movie hustlers. the game is rigged, and it does not reward people who play by the rules. it was also when she turned 50. it is about my life, but i m excited. i haven t seen the finished product yet, so i m nervous. but very excited. i do this to connect with people and make them feel things because i want to feel something. this is the year that she was preparing for her super bowl half time show. but to me, it s also about the half time of her life, and her evolution as an artist and looking back at her past, but also looking forward to what s next for her. we re on the edge of being able to get this on the field. - preparing for the super bowl half time show is a big part of the film. i can t do it if you guys keepjust pressing us. lopez is a trailblazer for the latina community. s
but i m excited. i haven t seen the finished product yet, so i m nervous. but very excited. i do this to connect with people and make them feel things because i want to feel something. this is the year that she was preparing for her super bowl half time show. but to me, it s also about the half time of her life, and her evolution as an artist and looking back at her past, but also looking forward to what s next for her. we re on the edge of being able to get this on the field. - preparing for the super bowl half time show is a big part of the film. i can t do it if you guys keepjust pressing us. lopez is a trailblazer for the latina community. she professes not to be political, but she wanted to make a political statement about the trump administration s treatment of immigrant children with the half time show. i m trying to give you something with substance. i want something real. withjennifer lopez, tribeca very much a new york festival certainly got a feisty new york
has the camera got me? but i m also saying that the camera got me. because i can do all of that at the same time. halftime starts following the star s life in 2019, a time when she was receiving accolades for her standout performance as the veteran stripper ramona in the movie hustlers. the game is rigged, and it does not reward people who play by the rules. it was also when she turned 50. it is about my life, but i m excited. i haven t seen the finished product yet, so i m nervous. but very excited. i do this to connect with people and make them feel things because i want to feel something. this is the year that she was preparing for her super bowl half time show. but to me, it s also about the half time of her life, and her evolution as an artist and looking back at her past, but also looking forward to what s next for her. we re on the edge of being able to get this on the field. - preparing for the super bowl half time show is a big part of the film. i can t do it if you guys
i was nervous just sound checking. so much pent up, like, time and so much, like, not thinking it were gonna happen as well. itjust didn t feel real. so, like, when we actually got on stage, and i knew isaid, like, oh, it s gonna hit differently, that first show, but, like, actually, when we played it, it wasjust like. i cried so many times on the first tour. like, this is too much, man. but definitely got a new level of appreciation for it. absolutely. gig s about to start. just checking my camera gear s ready, everything s working properly the way it should do, and then, yeah, just follow the band up to the stage and shoot the show. crowd cheering
i m not trying to be egotistical or anything like that, but who else could do this show here in la? mm hm. no one. that s a fact. who else could perform the half time show other than these amazing artists that we have put together for this thing? but the spectacular is taking place in a city with rising crime and a homelessness crisis. many encampments have been cleared, leading to claims that some of the thousands living on the streets are being shoved into the shadows. this is a sense of community for them, and it may be hard for those of us that are housed to think through that, but there is a hierarchy, there are belongings. so when they are asked to move and they are forced out of that community, even if it is on the street, it creates additional trauma. whatever the costs, and the amount of money changing hands is monumental, la and its legendary rap royalty are ready. it s super bowl show time. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles.