Duane “Keffe D” Davis will be sentenced for first degree murder on Oct. 13
Tupac Shakur in 1992 (photo: Gary Reyes / Oakland Tribune Staff Archives/ Digital First Media Group / Bay Area News via Getty Images).
A new documentary will go deeper into the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was convicted last month in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Sky has commissioned a feature documentary from Passion Pictures, Propagate Content and West Buttermilk, directed by BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Marian Mohamed. The film will follow Davis’ murder trial from the first day of evidence through his conviction and upcoming sentencing. It is set to premiere on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW in 2027.
The announcement comes three weeks after Davis was found guilty of first degree murder with a deadly weapon by a Las Vegas jury. He became the only person ever charged in Shakur’s 1996 murder and was accused not of pulling the trigger, but of orchestrating the attack, obtaining the gun and directing the men in the white Cadillac from which Shakur was shot. He faces a potential life sentence at an Oct. 13 hearing and said he plans to appeal.
Prosecutors relied heavily on Davis’ own accounts of the shooting, including statements to investigators, documentary appearances and his 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend. The defense argued that those accounts had been exaggerated or fabricated and pointed to the lack of physical evidence independently placing Davis in the Cadillac that night.
The Sky documentary will feature close friends and members of Shakur’s family, including his brother Mopreme Shakur. It will also incorporate previously unseen personal footage and photographs from Shakur’s relatives and confidantes alongside the courtroom record.
“I want this film to give a voice to a family who are not just grieving, but who have taken back agency in how the murder of Tupac is viewed,” said Mohamed. “Most importantly, I want this film to make people laugh and cry and argue. I want whoever watches this to emotionally connect with not just the story of how Tupac died but with who he was.”