Living the hiplife /
"A musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. [The film] follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip-hop. Archival footage and hip-hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follo...
| Corporate Authors: | , , , |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Undetermined |
| Language Notes: | Chiefly in English. Portions in other languages with English subtitles. |
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[New York] :
Third World Newsreel,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Standard format. |
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| Summary: | "A musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. [The film] follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip-hop. Archival footage and hip-hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reginald "Reggie Rockstone" Ossei (the Godfather of Hiplife) in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys (a group of aspiring rap artists), as they try to make it in the music business" -- Publishers' website. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R; stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Camera & sound, Jesse Weaver Shipley ... [et al.] ; editors, Melissa Parry, Jesse Weaver Shipley. |