From Henry Chalfant, the director genre defining documentary Style Wars, comes what was intended to be the first installment in a regular television series on New York's bludgeoning hip-hop culture, with a specific focus on graffiti. Funding fell through but the material was just to good be left to languish. Chalfant put together what he had and, like Style Wars, it continues to stand as a document of a culture in blossom.
Σε μια φτωχογειτονιά της Γαλλίας ξεσπάει ακόμα μια ταραχή. Ο νεαρός Αμπντέλ κακοποιείται από αστυνομικούς και βρίσκεται σε άσχημη κατάσταση στο νοσοκομείο. Ένας φίλος του βρίσκει το όπλο που χάνει ένας από τους αστυνομικούς και ορκίζεται πως αν ο Αμπντέλ πάθει το χειρότερο θα δολοφονήσει έναν αστυνομικό.
First broadcast in 1987 on the UK's Channel 4, Bombin' is a documentary about Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu nation bringing American hip-hop culture to the UK for first time. The main focus is the graffiti art of Brim and the variety of reactions he is faced with from the British public and press.
Ο νεαρός Σορτ γράφεται στο πανεπιστήμιο, αλλά τελικά φαίνεται πως προτιμά τις "εξωσχολικές" δραστηριότητες. Έτσι οι ικανότητές του μας αφήνουν με ανοιχτό το στόμα, στον πιο εκρηκτικό και underground χορό που υπάρχει, καθώς έχει βάλει στόχο να κερδίσει έναν διαγωνισμό μεταξύ των αδελφοτήτων
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.
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Όταν ο κηδεμόνας της τη βάζει να διαλέξει ανάμεσα στην Ακαδημία Τεχνών του Μέριλαντ και την... εξορία στο Τέξας, μια ατίθαση δεκαεξάχρονη καταφέρνει να γίνει δεκτή στη διάσημη σχολή. Εκεί θα γνωρίσει ένα νεαρό, με τον οποίο θα δοκιμάσει νέες χορευτικές φιγούρες, αλλά και τα όρια των δυνατοτήτων της.
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.
Stories of break dancers from conflicted "third- world" communities around the globe who, although separated by cultural boundaries and individual struggles, are intrinsically tied to one another through their passion for dance and hip-hop culture.
Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from drug dealers, whom he had crossed. Various mini-adventures occurs as they make their way down the North Island, but it all comes to a head while visiting a cousin. Finally, they, the drug dealers and the police all come together, with the expected fights and arrests.
Think breakdancing died in the eighties? Think again. PLANET B-BOY is a feature-length, theatrical documentary that re-discovers one of the most incredible dance phenomena the world has ever seen. Originally known as "B-boying", breakdancing was an urban dance form that originated from the streets of New York City during the seventies.
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the street. Starring hip-hop sensations Marques Houston, Omari Grandberry, Lil' Kim and comedian Steve Harvey.
AKA as Break Dance and Smurf (1984) Dir. Vittorio De Sisti From IMDB: This film, promoted in Germany by Bravo Magazine to exploit the breakdance craze, actually featured very little breakdancing other than some (presumably second unit) footage of the notorious breakdancer, Mr. Robot.
A walking sign, fed up with his job, dreams to dance.
Three robbers hide a stolen jewel inside a stuffed animal at one of the midway games in an amusement park. When Jack—a teen with a part-time summer job in the park—his best friend David and two girls hang out at the park, they get mixed up in the robbers' scheme to take back their jewel.
The dance crew from "Breakin'" bands together to save a community center from a greedy developer bent on building a shopping center in its place.
In 1986, a young breakdancer falls into a coma after hitting his head in a talent show. 20 years later, he awakens and attempts to revive his dance team's short-lived career in order to support his parents' failing yogurt shop.
Break-dance trash musical comedy/parody based on William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
Rapper and breakdancer Teekay from Eindhoven is known for his somersaults and vlogs that are causing a stir. During the corona riots in 2021, he not only gained national fame as a vlog reporter, but also ended up briefly in jail. After his junior year, Teekay wants to change course and, above all, be an example for other young people. In the film he takes us into his life and talks about his childhood in foster homes, the mistakes he made and about his dreams. What is Teekay looking for?