by Abdul Ali
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“Made in America” has all of the ingredients of a train wreck—its director, Ron Howard, reportedly had only 10 days of preparation takes the helm of this mammoth project executive produced and starring an equally mammoth personae: Jay Z. This documentary suffers an identity crisis: it poses as a backstage pass to a turnt-up music festival but it’s really a short biopic about Jay-Z and his ascent in Hip Hop as an elder statesman.