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Beat Street
This film has a small modest story about some South Bronx Boys, who try to dance rap and spray paint their way to fame and fortune. However the team have a long way to fulfill their dreams.
12 April 1975
10 April 1948, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
8 August 1962
30 May 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 December 1941, Indianola, Mississippi, USA
12 October 1927, Havana, Cuba
16 April 1952, Kingston, Jamaica
February 27, 2016
Holds up pretty well as one of the few hip hop musicals and a neat time capsule when hip hop was growing and still on the fringes of the mainstream.
June 11, 2003
Interesting way of looking at a long-dead culture first coming to life.
September 08, 2013
Like the best films of its kind, Beat Street isn't simply a glorified music video, but rather a celebration of the bond between artists and an examination of a culture that goes unappreciated and misrepresented.
