Upcoming Feature...
The Appreciating Diversity Film Series shows 6 free documentary films each year that focus broadly on issues of diversity. Please join us!
Our upcoming film is...
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
a film by Byron Hurt
The Appreciating Diversity Committee, DiversityWorks, the Piedmont League of Women Voters, and Piedmont Adult Education proudly present Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes. Filmmaker Byron Hurt takes an in-depth look at manhood, sexism and homophobia in rap music and hip-hop culture. Featuring interviews With Mos Def, Chuck D, Busta Rhymes and Russell Simmons. "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" also reveals the complex intersection of culture, commerce and gender through on-the-street interviews with aspiring rappers and fans at hip-hop events throughout the country. The result is an important, engaging, inside look at one of the most influential art forms of our time.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
6:30 PM Reception
7:00-9:00PM Film Showing and Community Discussion
Special Location:
Wildwood School Auditorium
301 Wildwood Ave
Piedmont, CA 94611
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Free Admission
For more information, please contact Julie Chang, julie@diversityfilmseries.org or 510-835-9227
Co-Sponsored by the Piedmont Appreciating
Diversity Committee, Piedmont's League of Women Voters, and DiversityWorks
About the Film:
Filmmaker Byron Hurt, a life-long hip-hop fan, was watching rap music videos on BET when he realized that each video was nearly identical. Guys in fancy cars threw money at the camera while scantily clad women danced in the background. As he discovered how stereotypical rap videos had become, Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist, decided to make a film about the gender politics of hip-hop, the music and the culture that he grew up with. “The more I grew and the more I learned about sexism and violence and homophobia, the more those lyrics became unacceptable to me,” he says. “And I began to become more conflicted about the music that I loved.”
Check out the film's website!
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