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Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (1984)
Directed by Dick Fontaine
Documentary, Music · 58m
Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a 1984 BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc — the film includes footage from Herc's original dance parties — The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The Dynamic Rockers. It is narrated by Imhotep Gary Byrd. Originally part of the Arena television series, it was among the first crop of documentaries about hip-hop.
Cast
Afrika Bambaataa
Grandmaster Caz
Malcolm McLaren
Crew
- Director
- Dick Fontaine
Details
- Release date
- 1984-01-05
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC, BBC Arena