OutKast s André Benjamin stars as Jimi Hendrix in this revealing biopic from Academy Award-winning writer-director John Ridley ( 12 Years A Slave ). Covering a year in Hendrix s Iife from 1966-67 as an unknown backup guitarist playing New York s Cheetah Club to making his mark in London s music scene up untiI his Monterey Pop triumph, the fiIm presents an intimate portrait of the sensitive young musician on the verge of becoming a rock Iegend.