I posted a trailer to this, and CarvePR just hit me up and told me it’s finally available…
Well, West Coast Theory , is now live and available for purchase and download.
The film features Segal, FredWreck, DJ Battlecat, DJ Khalil, Snoop, Xzibit, B-Real, Too $hort among many others, it’s available for download only online at http://www.westcoasttheory.com for $3.75
Go Get it at WestCoastTheory!
The harsh reality of prison rape is examined in this shocking and sobering documentary from filmmaker Jonathan Schwartz. Inside Alabama’s Limestone Correctional Facility, five inmates talk candidly about sexual abuse as a part of life on the inside. The long-term causes and conditions that perpetuate prison rape are examined, as well as the use of sex as a commodity, for comfort and for protection from the feared and brutal prison culture
Already borrowing the video from JumpTheTurnstyle, but I had to take the blurb on it too; Farone did it better than I could…
I’m sure that I don’t have to say much in order to rile JTTS readers about this one. Personally, I’m not sure how I feel about the repeated efforts to academically negotiate white participation in hip-hop, but my guess is that everyone else around here has a heated opinion.
Either way – this new film, Blacking Up, is sure to serve as a great conversation piece for lots of college kids who have no clue about rap culture. Also; it will likely provide more than a few laughs for irony-mongering Vanilla Ice fans and those of us who love watching skinny white dudes in giant tees make complete fools out of themselves. The following is from the press release:
Blacking Up explores tensions surrounding white participation in hip-hop. Popularly referred to by derogatory terms such as “wannabe” or “wigger,” the figure of the white person who identifies with hip-hop often invokes heated responses. For some, it is an example of cultural progress – a movement toward a color-blind America. For others, it is just another case of cultural theft and mockery – a repetition of a racist past.
One of my favorite movies, ever…
HIP-HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “hip-hop head,” Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture.
This looks great, there’s actually a couple documentary’s about QB out internationally, but this is the first one i’ve seen within the US…
