Damn Son Where'd You Find This? (2013)

디트로이트의 소외받은 계층은 생존 그 자체가 삶의 목적이다. 이러한 계층, 특히 빈민 흑인들에게 힙합은 탈출구이자 삶의 에너지이다. 지미 스미스 주니어에게도 힙합은 유일한 출구이자 그를 지탱해주는 에너지이다. 결손 가정에서 살고 있는 지미는 그의 친구들과 그들만의 가족을 이룬다. 그리고 그들은 언젠가 성공하리라는, 이 암울한 현실로부터 탈출 하리라는 희망을 가지고 있다. 그들은 밤이면 디트로이트의 힙합 클럽에 모여 그들의 꿈을 키운다. 힙합 클럽에서는 디트로이트 최고의 래퍼들이 모여 밤마다 랩 배틀에 참가한다.

뉴욕의 하렘, 이탈리아인의 피자 가게에서 일하는 무키는 여자 친구와 아기를 위해 묵묵히 돈을 벌어야 한다. 브루클린의 다른 흑인들은 여름의 찌는 무더위 속에서 거리를 배회하며 자신들의 독특한 행동만 계속한다. 우연찮게 발생한 이탈리아인과 흑인들의 충돌, 조용하던 무키의 분노가 폭발하면서 피자 가게는 난장판이 되고 불이난다. 소방대원들은 물줄기를 불타는 가게가 아닌 흑인들에게 쏘고, 사건의 진상 조차 조사하지 않고 무조건 흑인들을 구타, 연행하는 경찰, 경찰의 폭력에 의해 라디오 하임은 사랑과 증오가 얽힌 눈으로 죽어가는데...

A film about three teenagers - Klara, Mina and Tanutscha - from the Berlin district of Kreuzberg. The trio have known each other since Kindergarten and have plenty in common. The three 15-year-olds are the best of friends; they are spending the summer at Prinzenbad, a large open-air swimming pool at the heart of the district where they live. They're feeling pretty grown up, and are convinced they've now left their childhood behind.

부모의 이혼 후 어린 트레이(Tre Styles: 큐브 구딩 주니어 분)는 어머니와 함께 살고 있었으나, 어머니는 자신 혼자 트레이를 '남자'로 키우기에는 너무 부족함을 느끼고 그를 남편 휴리어스 스타일즈(Furious Styles: 로렌스 피쉬번 분)에게 데려간다. 견고하고 무뚝뚝한 아버지 밑에서 자라나는 트레이는 사춘기 소년이 겪을만한 여러 문제들과 함께 총싸움이 하루가 멀다하고 벌어지는 험악한 로스앤젤레스에서의 여러 어려움도 경험하게 된다. 어느 날 밤 트레이는 거리에서 어떤 패거리와 마주치게 되고 그들의 시비를 피해 도망치던 중 가장 친구 리키(Ricky Baker: 모리스 체스트너트 분)가 그들의 총에 살해 당한다. 이성을 잃은 트레이는 아버지의 만류에도 불구하고, 복수를 다짐하는데...

A documentary film that highlights two street derived dance styles, Clowning and Krumping, that came out of the low income neighborhoods of L.A.. Director David LaChapelle interviews each dance crew about how their unique dances evolved. A new and positive activity away from the drugs, guns, and gangs that ruled their neighborhood. A raw film about a growing sub-culture movements in America.

Bay Area rapper Mac Dre began his career at 18 and quickly became an influential force in early west coast hip-hop. In 1992 he was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery when his lyrics were used against him in court. He left prison with a new lease on life, founded an independent record company, and then was murdered just when he began to emerge as a star. For the first time ever, his mother Wanda reveals the true experiences of a hip-hop legend.

This documentary follows rapper J. Cole's 2016 HBO concert film feature on the making of his fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only. The film Includes musical performances from Cole, as well as stories from low-income residents in cities around the country, such as Baton Rouge, Atlanta, and Cole's hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina.

As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as it is indeed, the jazz of the martial arts world. Across the African diaspora, there are manifestations of African-derived warrior-dances, capoeira in brazil, mani in Cuba, ladja in Martinique, pinge in Haiti- yet the US offshoot has remained esoteric, because it was suppressed throughout slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow and then obscured in the criminal justice system. The history, interviews and training of the martial arts style that created Breakdance and boxing greats like Mike Tyson.

A rap group on the verge of signing their first record deal is the city's only hope in a battle with a giant mutating snake monster.

The Hip hop group Kartellen is one of Sweden's most controversial bands. Here, the members present their chaotic history of musical success, substance abuse, crime and political controversy.

The action takes us on a disturbing, high-energy, graphic experience that is like attending a heady African American Studies lecture on the set of a blaxploitation film, performed in a former Dallas drug house. Paint chips and discarded plywood litter the broken sidewalk that leads from the empty back parking lot through knee-high weeds to the house where local performance art collective Dead White Zombies' newest site-specific performance installation takes place. Video projections play on various monitors. Loud Rap music surrounds us. Mama is cooking and cleaning in the kitchen.

Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems happy hanging out and playing with her pal Melissa, Xiara becomes defensive and emotional when talking about her father, Harold Linares. As we see and learn, Harold is in jail serving a ten-year sentence for weapons possession; Xiara seems to blame his incarceration on her mother, whom she says "kept calling the police." Xiara, who has always been extremely close to her father, acts out with her mother.

Who of the icons Jay-Z, Diddy, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre becomes the first dollar billionaire?

The late controversial hip-hopper, the founder of Prti Bee Gee rap group, Davor Bobic Moskri, suddenly returns to the world of the living. He's allowed to return as a 10 year old child, with a goal to win a ticket to paradise, by showing his followers from underground where the motto Hit the pot, win a jackpot leads.

For over a decade, this portrait of a North Philadelphia family and the creative sanctuary offered by their home music studio was filmed with vérité intimacy. The family's 10-year journey is an illumination of race and class in America, and it's a testament to love, healing and hope.

WAR OF WORDS is an energizing, controversial and inspiring feature documentary that lifts the lid on the fast growing UK Battle Rap scene. The documentary is an examination of an exciting subculture of youth in the UK today; their creativity and work ethic, their passion for language and ability to control their own destiny. It investigates freedom of expression and respect for other cultures and lifestyles. While the language is often harsh and unflinching, the 'anything goes' philosophy of the battle arena results in one of the most harmonious and creative scenes in youth culture. The film is a truly entertaining expose on how the UK has embraced this American art form, creating one of the most exciting youth subcultures happening right now.

A documentary about the Swedish rapper and artist Silvana Imam.

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Live performances, videos (BTNHResurrection album), interviews & more.