Keyword: hip-hop

Martha: A Picture Story

7.6

2019

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In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become influential to the global movement of street artists.

Fear of a Black Hat

7.2

1993

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A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.

Beat Street

6.5

1984

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An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Save the Last Dance 2

5.3

2006

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Sara joins Julliard to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a Prima ballerina, but she soon falls in love with hip-hop and a young composer - both of whom challenge her ambitions.

Bomb the System

7.1

2002

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Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly bombing foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same insatiable addiction. With the other members of his ‘crew,’ Anthony parties, shoplifts spray-paint and tags virgin walls with his signature Blest. He does his best to avoid run-ins with the cops and hostile rival crews, but he can’t avoid the pressure from his mother to attend college, and from his girlfriend to leave New York with her. As tensions rise, a physical threat from the cops causes the crew to intensify their bombing excursions, calling an all out war on the city. When the inevitable confrontation happens, a tragedy results that pushes Anthony to make a decision that has even darker consequences.

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

6.7

2019

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The history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema and its influence.

Take the 10

4.8

2017

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A day in the life of two best friends, a drug dealer, and a store manager collide at a hip-hop concert in the Inland Empire.

Style Wars

8.1

1983

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A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developing in New York City in the late 70s and early 80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing.

Word is Bond

6.2

2018

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What was born on the streets of the South Bronx has now taken root globally, and the young poets of New York have helped to spawn regional dialects everywhere. Through dynamic archival footage, in-depth interviews and vertie excursion with artists like Nas, Tech9, J Cole, Rapsody and Anderson .Paak, Word is Bond explores the many dimensions the hip hop poetics occupy.

The Breaks

7

2016

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Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brilliant recent grad abandons a law school scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a record exec along with the son of a legendary music producer boyfriend David who’s struggling at the city’s top R\u0026amp;B station. Dee Vee is an aspiring producer on the hunt to find the next big rapper on the come-up.

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell

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2021

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This documentary features rare footage filmed by Christopher Wallaces best friend, Damion D-Roc Butler, and interviews with his closest friends and family, revealing a side of Biggie Smalls that the world never knew.

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

7.9

2011

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Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows this innovative and influential band to this day.