Filipino American director Rik Cordero is better known for directing music videos for some of hip hop’s hottest artists. However, in April, he completed his second feature film “Inside A Change,” which was inspired by the life of Chris Alexander. Here’s a synopsis for Inside A Change:

Chris Price (Ephraim Benton) is about to serve 180 days in prison for a first-time offense. When his mother (Karen Chilton) invites him home for dinner, he finds his younger brother (Darrell Vanterpool) following in his footsteps and his older brother, Shawn (Donté Bonner) disowning him. With his family falling apart, Chris is forced to re-examine his life and how he can bring everyone together for his mother’s birthday.

The world premiere is July 2009 at the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival. Music for “Inside A Change” include songs from Consequence, Joell Ortiz, Saigon, Royce Da 5′9″, Skillz, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Wale, Memphis Bleek, Sean C & LV, Statik Selektah, Illmind, The Kickdrums and many more.

Inside A Change Trailer

More about Rik Cordero

Rik Cordero wrote and directed the prescription drug drama “Mend”, and has shot and directed several music videos, short films and documentaries. In 2007, Rik pioneered the landscape of independent Hip Hop music videos by directing major recording artists such as Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, Q-Tip, Jadakiss, Ghostface Killah, Consequence, Beanie Sigel and John Legend and favorites such as Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, Wale, Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, Buckshot and Royce Da 5’9″. Fader Magazine has proclaimed his music videos as “miracles” while the wildly popular Hip Hop blog nahright.com has called him “The only Hip Hop video director on the planet”. Cordero has also recently been nominated as Video Director Of The Year, along with Hype Williams, Chris Robinson, Benny Boom and Gil Green for the 2009 BET Awards. “Inside A Change” is his second feature film.