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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 56 min. 54 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Hip-Hop was created by urban youth of color more than 30 years ago amid racial oppression and economic marginalization. It has moved beyond that specific community and embraced by young people worldwide, elevating it to a global youth culture. The ambitious and hard-hitting documentary Blacking Up: Hip-Hops Remix of Race and Identity looks at the popularity of hip-hop among Americas white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
The true story of a French teenager rising out of the underprivileged suburbs through love, education and rap music. Regis is a culturally gifted boy who dreams of success for his rap band, but he must accept drug money for the sake of his project. Discovering Islam and love, he bears with the harsh loss and paybacks of delinquency, until he finds the strength to express himself through music and slam-poetry and ultimately becomes a major artist of...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This astonishingly powerful, **Oscar-nominated** documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by *Fahrenheit 9/11* and *Bowling for Columbine* producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall—just blocks away from the French Quarter. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist,...
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