Beat Street
Beat Street is a movie American directed by Stan Lathan , released in 1984.
Summary |
A small group of young people of the Bronx want to break into the world of Hip-Hop. Kenny is a DJ promising, his little brother Lee is an excellent breakdancer , Ramon is graffiti and Charlie was given a place manager for Kenny.
Commentary
Beat Street is one of the first films about Hip-Hop, after Wild Style and Style Wars. Produced by MGM and Harry Belafonte with the clear intention to be the emblematic film of a musical generation, Beat Street hesitates between social fresco (as Rocky and Saturday Night Fever ) and the introductory movie ( Flashdance , Dirty Dancing , Fame ). Despite a scenario a bit politically correct , despite the aesthetic image, despite some outlandish ideas of embodiment (the graffiti were made by painters on location, for example) and despite the presence of professional actors unrelated to the world of Hip Hop such as Rae Chong and Mary Alice Down, Beat Street manages to show the essence of Hip-Hop in its most exciting. The invisible boundaries that separate those "from above" ( Manhattan ) as "those from below" (South Bronx) are very well regarded.
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Main Roles
- Rae Dawn Chong Tracy
- Guy Davis : Kenny
- Jon Chardiet Ramon
- Robert Taylor: Lee
- Mary Alice Cora
- Leon W. Grant: Cholle
- Saundra Santiago: Carmen
Appearances / performance
- Afrika Bambaataa (Soulsonic and strength)
- The trio, The Treacherous Three
- Members of the Rock Steady Crew and New York City Breakers
- Jazzy Jay
- Kool Moe Dee
- Kool Herc
- Brenda Starr
- the trio Us Girls
- Melle Mel
- Bernard Fowler
- Melle Mel and the Furious Five.
External link
- (En / fr) Beat Street on the Internet Movie Database - more complete version in English
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