Brooklyn (2014)

A close look at the origins and present of portuguese hip hop.

Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree after years of being rejected by the music industry.

A man travels back in time and experiences the foundational principles of rap and poetry.

A hip hop tour as never seen before in the Netherlands. 11 shows throughout the entire country in the most beautiful theaters and music venues. Sold out in less then a day. On March 18 this year, Lil ’Kleine gave his biggest show ever in AFAS Live Amsterdam. Lil' Kleine – Alleen Tour follows the artist during the preparations for the show. In addition to a concert registration, the film also contains unique, never before seen backstage recordings.

A new phenomenon of authentic Chinese rap has taken the internet by storm. But behind the unprecedented gains in popularity, there is a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers are trying to figure out what they still can and cannot do after new censorship is announced.

On the bonus DVD for his album "Ungerächte Welt", PTK reviews the past years by guiding the viewer through various stages of his biography. In conversation one learns how formative it was for him and is to grow up and live in Berlin Kreuzberg, which foundations were laid for his views already in the school time and why he even deals in his music with topics such as gentrification or refugee policy. In doing so, he commits different locations with a personal connection and also lets people from his circle of friends have their say, such as other members of the band project Antinational Embassy, his label mate Herzog and the Anti Turista Squad. With a view to the future, this DVD complements its content and focuses on its further work: activism.

Kids rapping about the number 17.

A rap teaching kids how to use a waste basket.

A Polish language biographical drama about the rapper Tomasz Chada.

Gangsta rap gone wrong: Oldschool hitman "The Raven" is a legend. Stealthy, efficient and strictly a solo act. But this time he is forced to accept a very special partner: the local mob boss' son. The dimwitted teenager unfortunately made a rap video in which he brags about all of his daddy's crimes. Now everyone involved in the making of that video has to die and daddy's dearest is required to help clean up his mess. But how secretive, efficient and swift can you be, if you have to be faster than social media?

A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the African-American community.

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

Outwardly a chilling portrait of the aimless lives of unemployed inner city youths living on society's fringe, the underlying message of this volatile drama seems to call for violence to rectify social injustices. The film centers on two teenaged gangs who basically terrorize their neighborhoods with their anarchic behavior. There are few limits to their unpleasant philosophy of "desire equals acquisition." The loosely structured tale reaches its climax at a concert where the two rival groups collide.

A bunch of crooked cops raid a ruined building located in an impoverished suburb of Paris, determined to furiously avenge the death of one of them, murdered by the ruthless criminal gang hidden on top of the dark labyrinth that will become a deathly trap when the living, unexpectedly turned into the undead by a mysterious plague, begin to devour the world.