The 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival asked Pharrell Williams to be this year’s artist in residence, where he was to program a selection of films that have inspired his work in the music industry, but the organization didn’t expect the choices he made! Read more . . .
On stage is an all-star cast, including Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Jill Scott, the Roots, Bilal, and Lauryn Hill with the reunited Fugees. A spirited movie that reminds us why we love hip-hop. Peep the website and buy the movie.
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Following his film about music and war in Iraq, Soundtrack to War, Producer/Director George Gittoes slices into the murky underbelly of the Giant Land of the Free.
RAMPAGE is another Gittoes journey into the forbidden zones; - America’s war in Iraq, and in it’s own backyard - life in a Miami ‘hood - an exploration of hiphop’s musical innovations, as important as the field hollers, the blues, and jazz, which also began in the black ghettos, and went on to evolve as major music styles. Check the trailer out.
HIP-HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “hip-hop head,” Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture. On sale now.
Style Wars. One of the most influential hip hop movies and possibly the best website design EVER.
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