Showing posts with label Documentaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Documentaries. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Banned in America Box Set




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The Shocking! The Horrifying! The downright grotesque! Witness for the first time the dark underbelly of humanity as we take you on a thrill ride you’ll never forget. See brutal acts of violence, graphic police chases, horrific accidents and bizarre human behavior. Uncensored – Uncut – With never-before-seen footage. All on… BANNED IN AMERICA!

What if I were to tell you that none of it compares to the horrors of real life footage and the impact of horror it can leave in your mind. The recent “Banned in America” DVD set I received is just that brand of stomach churning reality that no-one should see. Collected and presented in 5 DVD’s, we have a full collection of some of the most sickening dark moments caught on tape that truly will never appear on broadcast. While its safe to say that this kind of horror is the kind that everyday firemen and policemen come across in there lines of work it certainly doesn’t make it any easier watching it.

Hip Hop Beyond Beats And Rhymes 2006



In this gutsy and incisive documentary, dedicated Hip Hop head Byron Hurt dares to ask difficult questions about sexism, misogyny and homophobia, to a wide assortment of fans and artists, and succeeds in addressing serious issues without sounding pedantic or condescending.

Featuring interviews with artists like Jadakiss, Mos Def and Busta Rhymes, industry moguls like Russell Simmons, and a host of fans of all genders, persuasions and perspectives, Hurt asks some incendiary questions and in the process blows the lid off the whole issue. Some, like Fat Joe, toe the line of apology and rationalization; some, like Busta Rhymes, simply leave when the questions are too pointed, calling to mind his appearance on The Boondocks in “The Story of Gangstalicious”. Most insightful are the thoughts of the many hungry freestylers who Hurt is constantly recording and interviewing, emphasizing the common lyrical thread of violence and misogyny – in one MC’s words, “They don’t want to hear us speak righteously!”.

The film approaches each question separately, with full treatments of scenarios like Nelly’s attempted Bone Marrow Drive at Spelman College, thwarted because of the images of women in his video “Tip Drill”; and rap video footage accompanied by statistics of gun violence and sexual assault in America. The issue of white consumption of a Black cultural product is poignantly depicted by the young white Hip Hop head in his dad’s truck who exclaims that gangsta rap is “my music!”. Jadakiss, who’s earlier dismissal of violence in rap is somewhat disturbing, actually frames the whole scenario best when he explains how “any sales over 700,000 is in the white market”, and that the old money suits that really control the industry and sign the cheques are all “scratch white”.

Mistah Chuck D. himself provides the skeleton by commenting throughout on what Hip Hop has become and what it could be, if we were to actualize our full potential as creative beings. As the representative of Golden Era Hip Hop who stays true to it’s original values, Chuck exemplifies the artist as a man of his community, who speaks for his people with love and respect.

Thoroughly educational and entertaining, “Beyond Beats and Rhymes” contains so many gems of wisdom that it merits multiple viewings, and should stimulate a long needed discussion in the Hip Hop community at large. This type of effort, from a truly concerned Head, is the kind of forward thinking and daring project that could herald a new vision of what Hip Hop represents, one that actually believes in maturity and respect from a movement that is past pushing thirty.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Its A Damn Shame



DESCRiPTION..:
Quincy Jones has been in the music and Hollywood business
for decades. He helped bring Michael Jackson, Will Smith,
LL Cool J and many others to stardom on different levels,
but what was the payback? Y'all heard what 2Pac said. is
Quincy a part of the (gay Boule)?

Pimp C of the southern rap group U.G.K. was known to never
bite his tongue. In an Ozone Magazine article he talked
about fake southern rappers calling themselves dope boys,
also calling out Russell Simmons (gay) and gay rappers.

Dave Chapelle exposes why almost every strong Black actor
played a cross dress or homosexual role. Hear his ordeal
when he was confronted to wear a dress on the set of a
movie with Martin Lawrence.

Bobby Hemmitt, the man that helped exposed the gay Boule,
drops jewels on the Black secret societies, also the gay
fraternity, the Atlanta Boule gatherings and what really
goes on when these Black brothers get together...

NOTES........:

This DVD is nearly 5 hours and covers a lot more than's
listed above, some of this overlaps with stuff featured
on different similar DVDs, ("The Truth DVD" and "EXPOSED:
Tupac Breaking The Oath" for example), but it's still
worth checking out. I don't agree with or endorse all of
it, do your own research, pick out the good info from the
bad etc.

Oh and no homo, but the Soulja Boy pic is fake, he's still
probably a homo though lol

"Read about everything Listen to everyone but don't believe
anything unless you can prove it with your own research"
-William Cooper

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Bumfights 3 The Felony Files

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Bumfights vol 2 - Bum Life

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The controversial folks at Bumfights return with this second helping of homeless fisticuffs. After garnering loads of free publicity from those who seek to have the programs banned and the producers jailed, the series serves up more of the shocking footage that earned its reputation. Released in 2003, Bumfights, Vol. 2: Bumlife is suitable for an adult audience only.

Bumfights - A Cause for Concern

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Follow the antics of The Bumfight Krew (BFK) as they cruise the West Coat in search of tramps, vagrants or 'bums' as they're affectionately known, to star in this shockumentary. Star of the show is 'Rufus the stunt bum' who after years of sleeping rough, suddenly finds himself in Jackass-style employment alongside supermodel Angela Taylor. Also starring is 'The Bum Hunter' and 'Bling-Bling' the crack-dealer!
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The Life of Rayful Edmond -The Rise and Fall Vol 1

Rayful Edmond III, (born 1965), was a notorious drug dealer who is largely credited with introducing crack cocaine into Washington, D.C. At his peak, Edmond was alleged to have sold over 2,000 kilos of cocaine a week, worth tens of millions of dollars, in the Washington, D.C. area. Edmond controlled as much as 70% of the D.C. drug trade in the late 1980s. He was known to have spent some $457,619 in an exclusive Georgetown store (Linea Pitti, specializing in expensive Italian men's clothing) owned by Charles Wynn (later convicted on 34 counts of money laundering for the Edmond drug gang). Edmond was arrested in 1989 at the age of 24. His arrest and subsequent trial were widely covered by local and national media. Judicial officials, fearful of reprisals from members of Edmond's gang, imposed unprecedented security during the trial. Jurors identities were kept secret before, during, and after trial, and their seating area was enclosed in bullet proof glass. Edmond was jailed at the maximum security facility at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia and flown to the Federal Court House in Washington, D.C. by helicopter each day for his trial.

Authorities took this unusual step due to fears that an armed escape attempt was almost inevitable due to the violent nature of Edmond's gang. This gang was believed to have committed over 40 murders including the attempted murder of a local pastor, the Reverend Mr. Bynum, who was shot 12 times during an anti-drug march in his Orleans place neigborhood. Edmond was eventually sentenced to life in prison. His mother (Constance "Bootsie" Perry) along with several of his sisters and cousins were sentenced to 14 years in prison for participating in his criminal enterprise. Years after his conviction, Edmond became a government informant in order to secure his mother's release from prison. While he is still incarcerated, Edmond is now part of the witness protection program and his location is unknown.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Latin Kings: A Street Gang Story

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The Latin Kings began in prison as a way to provide Latino inmates an organization to defend themselves against other prison gangs. Antonio "King Tone" Fernandez is the "Inca," or leader, of the Latin King Nation of New York State, which publicly espouses Puerto Rican nationalism. Tone's vision was to convert a fierce organization into one whose purpose was to improve the lives of the impoverished. However, the reality of the gang, as captured on surveillance tapes, includes murder, kidnapping, drug dealing and assault. The film shows the Kings at a time when Tone appears poised to purge the group of its violent past and redefine it as a civic-minded entity. District Attorney Deanna Rodriguez feels that Tone has adopted his ideals to conceal his criminal activities. LATIN KINGS explores whether Tone is a working-class hero or a charlatan.

Capturing this shadowy urban world through the lens of Jon Alpert, who spent more than a year with the Kings during the mid-1990s, LATIN KINGS features footage of the Kings on the streets and at their rallies, prayer meetings and strategy sessions. The documentary also contains intimate scenes of Tone, his girlfriend Myrna and his two children in their apartment, where he is confined under house arrest. Tone exemplifies the life of many gang members, whose public bravado and machismo contrast sharply with their insecure and impoverished private existence.

Winner of 11 Emmy Awards®, Jon Alpert has received international acclaim for his work in hot spots around the world, including Iraq (during both the Gulf War and Operation Iraqi Freedom), Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cuba, the former Soviet Union and the Philippines. Among Alpert's previous multiple award-winning HBO documentaries are "One Year in a Life of Crime," "High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell" and "A Cinderella Season: The Lady Vols Fight Back."

LATIN KINGS: A STREET GANG STORY is produced and directed by Jon Alpert; camera and audio by Jon Alpert; editors, John Custodio and Jon Alpert. For HBO: supervising producer, Nancy Abraham: executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

The Real Rick Ross Story: The Cocaine Campaign

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THE REAL RICK ROSS STORY - The Cocaine Campaign

For those that don't know the real story behind the name Rick Ross, this DVD documentary is the story of one of the richest drug-dealers in American history, not the Miami rapper. Credited with helping bring the crack cocaine boom to Los Angeles streets, Ross is one of the most notorious drug dealers in the history of the United States.


FROM THE BACK OF THE DVD: Ricky Donnell Ross aka. Freeway Rick catapulted the crack cocaine explosion of the early eighties. Rick was considered illiterate by school standards, but would prove to be brilliant in America's underworld. From the mid-eighties to early nineties, Rick would make an astonishing $300,000 to $1 million per day. Alleged by Rick to be backed by the US government, his drug sales purportedly financed wars in third world countries.

Witness this compelling tale that twists and turns from the streets of LA, Texas, New York and all points in between straight to America's White House. This true life saga captures how a black illiterate man 'politicked' in the streets amongst our country's politicians.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Style Wars

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Style Wars shows both the young artists struggling to express themselves through their art, and their points of view on the subject of graffiti, as well as the views of then New York City Mayor Ed Koch, one-armed graffiti writer Case/Kase 2, graffiti writer Skeme and his mother, graffiti "villain" Cap, now deceased graffiti writer Dondi, Seen and Shy 147, graffiti documentarian (and director of the film) Henry Chalfant, breakdancer Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew, police officers, art critics, subway maintenance workers, as well as several "people on the street".

Style Wars gives a view into the graffiti subculture (as well as urban New York City life in the 1980s), documents the stages of New York City Hip Hop, and shows that its members were a racially and ethnically diverse group of creative young artists.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Beat Diggin' Documentary




JESPER from BUSYBODY FILMS you can peep his clips and read about other hiphop-related films on myspace.com/busybodyfilms---

Beat Diggin Art Form Documentary
Real hip hop at its finest, Real producers, none of that keyboard swizz beats garbage.
REAL DIGGIN IN THE CRATES
SHOWING YALL HOW ITS DONE!
REAL HIP HOP
Legends talkin about and showin yall real Diggin in the crates:

Diamond D (D.I.T.C)
Mr. Walt (Beatminerz)
Showbiz (D.I.T.C)
Evil D (Beatminerz)
Godfather Don
Paul Lepe

Special Appearences by: Common , Mos Def, & Royal Flush

Peep Dj Ray Swift

Beat This!: A Hip Hop History





This was a BBC production that was later put out on Video in the UK sometime around 1986 on video label called channel 5. The UK only had 4 TV channels at that time. If you are a fan of the era and the scene then this is definitely a worthwhile acquisition if you can find it (You can view it on the videos section of this site or youtube). Like style wars and wildstyle you will recognise that this has been cained as sample fodder and you will appreciate the opportunity to see a number of legends back in the day.

If you are not a particular fan of the genre then you will probably find your toes curling at those same legends, wondering whatever possessed them to dress up in some of the truly ludicrous attire that they wear here. Bam + Force posing as outer space galactic beings in fancy dress, flying down from planet Rok to put the Bronx in Future Shok! Grandmaster Caz and the rest of the Cold Crush indulging their Overtly swelled sexist alter ego's 'the heartbreakers' whilst wearing the campest attire. The Dynamic Rockers having the gayest Breakdance battle with themselves. These and many more moments are truly laughable! Yet fans of the genre probably would'nt bat an eyelid knowing that this was all part of an evolution that at that time, was still in its infancy. (I think some of the current practitioners of Rap still have'nt Grown up yet, but thats a whole different argument).

Between some of these contrived set pieces are some good interviews. Kool Herc gets his for being the catalyst to it all. Brim really holds it down on the Graffiti argument. This prompted the production to later tour him around the U.K. in their 1987 "Bombin'" documentary. Talk about standing him under the conservative media's cross hairs at such a young age. The way he held up is just a testament to that guys character. Malcolm Mclaren gives a good account of the first outsiders discovery of hip hop and gets mocked as the first outsider to exploit it. There is a host of small cameo's, Curtis Blow, Arther Baker, Lisa Lee, jazzy jay etc etc. Whilst it was done during that era before Rap called its own and kicked everyone else to the curb, it still isn't that comprehensive over all the elements. The spotlight only gets to a select few. However just for the fact that it's all set in the irreplaceable aesthetic of early '80s NY is enough for fans of the genre to appreciate this.

Tupac and Biggie

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Hot on the trail of another controversial and provocative subject, award-winning documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield (Kurt & Courtney; Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam; Aileen Wournos: The Selling of a Serial Killer) chronicles the still unsolved murders of rap superstars Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur.

A hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Biggie & Tupac is the story of two great friends who had a falling out and became deadly enemies. Their murders were long explained as being the result of the rivalry that had grown between them, allegedly a result of the ongoing East Coast/West Coast rivalry in hip hop. But now, at the fifth anniversary of their deaths, Broomfield reveals startling evidence to suggest the blame lies elsewhere.

Broomfield's exploration ranges from Los Angeles to New York, documenting the workings of corrupt police officers, the insistent calls for justice from Wallace's loving mother, the eyewitnesses to the murders, never seen before evidence and both veiled and blatant threats from Suge Knight. Biggie & Tupac again demonstrates Broomfield's uncanny ability to get people to talk to him on camera, including a rare prison interview with Suge Knight, along with his trademark wry commentary. Considering the revelations he uncovers, this documentary is bold even for Broomfield.


Tupac Thug Angel Life of An Outlaw





Tupac Shakur was as much angel as outlaw. Unlike some of the other profiles made in the wake of his passing, Thug Angel doesn't focus only on the first few days of his career or the last few days before his death, but on his entire life. That makes it valuable as much for the fan as for the merely curious. The production was backed by friends and associates and includes never-before-seen material. It's surprisingly evenhanded, juxtaposing footage of Tupac at 17, for example--sounding mature beyond his years--with an interview conducted years later on a shooting range. Passion was still in full effect, but idealism had been replaced by paranoia. Peter Spirer's film is a documentary, not a music video, and contains only snippets of Tupac's work. At its best, Thug Angel makes a compelling case for his continued relevance as an artist and activist. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


In the $3 billion dollar industry of hip-hop music, no one has touched as many lives with a microphone as Tupac Shakur. In this never-before-seen footage, see Tupac at seventeen, a young man at the edge of his destiny, speaking out about injustice on the streets of Oakland. See him at the brink of his stardom, kickin' freestyles with Treach, Biggie and Grand Puba. See him at the shooting range, at home, at the highs and lows of his career, as a man constantly plagued by and provoking the media. See Tupac as never seen before, as the people closest to him knew him. See him as Thug Angel. Directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Spirer (Rhyme and Reason), "Thug Angel" takes you beyond the drama of Tupac's notoriety in the press through all-new interviews with friends, collaborators and scholars as they look back on Tupac and define his legacy today.