Red Bull Music Academy & ego trip present
Filmmatic
An Evening Of Rare Hip Hop Documentaries

Screenings: “Beat This” by Dick Fontaine (1984), “Big Fun In The Big Town” by Bram van Splunteren (1986), “Reckin’ Shop: Live from Brooklyn” (1992) by Diane Martel

Panel: Afrika Bambaataa, Schoolly D, Buddha Stretch, Dick Fontaine, Diane Martel, Bram van Splunteren; hosted by Chairman Mao

Sunshine Cinema
143 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002
Time: Doors 6.30pm, Screenings 7pm, Panel 9.30pm
All Ages

The revolution called hip hop has been well televised. But even 40 years after it all started out in Bronx, there are still some well-hidden treasures amongst the myriads of documentaries chronicling what is now the world’s most influential youth culture.

This is why Red Bull Music Academy has teamed up with infamous hip hop archeologists-slash-anarchists ego trip to screen three rather rare films from the ’80s and early ’90s: “Beat This” by Dick Fontaine (1984), “Big Fun In The Big Town” by Dutch director Bram van Splunteren (1986) and Diane Martel’s street dance documentary “Reckin’ Shop: Live from Brooklyn” (1992). The screenings will be followed by a conversation with some of the films’ protagonists, including Afrika Bambaataa, Schoolly D, and “freestyle hip hop” dance legend Buddha Stretch. Chairman Mao of ego trip will host.

More information at www.redbullmusicacademy.com