Keefe D Trial Becomes Tupac Documentary With Access To Shakur Family

Keefe D’s murder trial is becoming a feature documentary, with filmmakers following Tupac Shakur’s family through the verdict and his upcoming sentencing.

Sky announced Tuesday that director Marian Mohamed’s untitled film will air on Sky Documentaries and stream on its NOW service in 2027. Passion Pictures, Propagate Content and West Buttermilk produced the film, with Propagate handling worldwide sales.

Sky says the crew filmed alongside Tupac’s relatives as the Las Vegas case unfolded, gaining access to his brother Mopreme Shakur and members of his inner circle.

The film will follow the evidence, verdict and sentencing while drawing on previously unseen family footage and photographs. Sky has not announced a title for the feature, a U.S. distributor, or a release date.

Mohamed described a film that will give Tupac’s relatives room to speak about more than their years of grief. “I want this film to give a voice to a family who are not just grieving,” she said in Sky’s announcement.

The director also wants viewers to connect with Tupac’s life, giving the film a focus beyond the circumstances of his death.

A Las Vegas jury convicted Keefe D of first-degree murder on August 31 for his role in the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed Tupac.

Prosecutors argued that Keefe D organized the attack after Tupac and others beat his nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the MGM Grand. Keefe D disputed his earlier accounts of the killing, but jurors returned a guilty verdict after hearing the trial evidence.

The newly announced Sky feature is separate from a documentary project AllHipHop reported on before the trial began.

That earlier project involved filmmaker RJ Bond and attorneys then working with Keefe D’s defense, who planned to document the case regardless of its outcome. Sky’s newly announced film instead centers on its access to Tupac’s family and those close to him.

Keefe D has said he plans to appeal the conviction, a step that would continue his legal fight after the jury’s decision. His sentencing hearing is set for October 13, a proceeding Sky says its film will cover.