Film: "Hip Hop, Beyond Beats and Rhymes"
Tuesday Films for Action series
When: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 7 p.m.
Where: Solidarity! Revolutionary Center & Radical Library, 1109 Mass. St., Lawrence
Cost: Free
Age limit: All ages
Description: Hip Hop, Beyond Beats and Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood. The documentary features interviews with rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss, and Busta Rhymes, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and cultural commentators such as Michael Eric Dyson and Beverly Guy-Shetfall.
Event posted May 2, 2008
Last updated May 12, 2008
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