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WTIU (Television station : Bloomington, Ind.)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
"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 been embraced by young people worldwide, elevating it to a global youth culture. The ambitious and hard-hitting documentary Blacking Up: hip-hop's remix of race and identity looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America's white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry and cultural appropriation? Does it reflect a new face of racial understanding in white America or does it reinforce an ugly history? Against the unique backdrop of american popular music, Blacking up explores racial identity in U.S. society. The film artfully draws parallels between the white hip-hop fan and previous incarnations of white appropriation from blackface performer Al Jolson to mainstream artists like Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and Eminem. It interweaves portraits of white hip-hop artists and fans with insightful commentary by African American cultural critics such as Amiri Baraka, Nelson George, Greg Tate, comedian Paul Mooney and hip-hop figures Chuck D., Russell Simmons, M1 of Dead Prez, and DJ Kool Herc"--Container.
A production of Robert A. Clift ; Limbic Productions, Inc., in association with WTIU and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; Executive producer for ITVS, Sally Jo Fifer ; Executive producer, Steve Krahnke ; A film by Robert A. Clift ; producer, director, videographer, editor, writer, Robert A. Clift ; production of Robert A. Clift and Limbic Productions, Inc. in association with WTIU.
Originally produced for television broadcast in 2009.
Participants include: Automatic, Chuck D, Power, M1, DJ Wise, Vanilla Ice, Empire Isis, Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz.
Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.