Straight up rappin /
Anybody who believes that crime, poverty, and drugs have killed political thought among the young people of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, has only to see Straight Up Rappin to be set straight. This compelling documentary is about rap as it is declaimed in the streets of New York,...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
1993.
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| Series: | Filmakers Library online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Anybody who believes that crime, poverty, and drugs have killed political thought among the young people of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, has only to see Straight Up Rappin to be set straight. This compelling documentary is about rap as it is declaimed in the streets of New York, straight up - without music. These rappers, amateurs all, feel a compelling need to express their feelings about the world they live in. There are ten-year olds who rap about the Bill of Rights, young men who rap about homelessness and child abuse, a young woman who raps about revolution. The powerful and often bitter words of their street poetry, expresses the political consciousness of their generation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (28 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:28:10 |
| Audience: | For High School; College; Adult audiences. |
| Awards: | CINE Gold Eagle, 1993 Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1992 |