Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. […]
Jay Z wins a Peabody for Time: The Kalief Browder Story
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the winners of their Documentary category yesterday, and it seems Jay-Z has added another award to his already extensive […]
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Cassette is a feature-length documentary mixtape that examines the history and continued influence of a revolutionary musical format. Featuring Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye, […]
Breakin’ Made You Look
Breakin’ (also known as Breakdance: the Movie or Break Street ’84 in the UK and other regions) is a 1984 American breakdancing-themed comedy-drama. The film […]
Melina Matsoukas is Fresh, Bold and So Def
Inspiring. Ferocious. Provocative. Many words aim to encapsulate the maverick known as Melina Matsoukas, but her robust rebel sensibility is not easily contained. The […]
Beat Street Made You Look
BEAT STREET 1984 An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people […]
Beat This! A Hip-Hop History Made You Look
BEAT THIS: A HIP-HOP HISTORY 1984 Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast […]
Style Wars Made You Look
STYLE WARS 1983 Directed by Tony Silver and produced by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, it was awarded the Grand Prize for Documentaries at the […]
Wild Style Made You Look
WILD STYLE 1983 Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video […]
Dr. Rachel Raimist is Fresh, Bold and So Def
Dr. Rachel Raimist is an award-winning filmmaker whose most known for Nobody Knows My Name, the first documentary about women in hip-hop. She is co-editor of Home […]