Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop & Ben Is Back
DOCUMENTARIES / SHORTFUSION / UK PREMIERE
Director: Klaus Schneyder.
USA; Israel, 2011.
81 mins. English; Hebrew with English subtitles.
BEATBOXING - THE FIFTH ELEMENT OF HIP HOP (55 mins):
Under the name of Hip-Hop, behind Graffiti, DJing, Breakdancing and rapping, a fifth element emerged from the youth culture surrounding poor neighbourhoods in 70s New York City; Beatboxing. Deprived of instruments and in the face of poverty an inspired sound was created by those using their own mouths to imitate rhythmic drum beats. The popularity of the Human Beatbox has waxed and wained, but over the decades the movement evolved and through the internet it has emerged once more as a global phenomenon.
BEN IS BACK (26 mins):
A single mother struggles to cope with her son's release from psychiatric hospital
Under the name of Hip-Hop, behind Graffiti, DJing, Breakdancing and rapping, a fifth element emerged from the youth culture surrounding poor neighbourhoods in 70s New York City; Beatboxing. Deprived of instruments and in the face of poverty an inspired sound was created by those using their own mouths to imitate rhythmic drum beats. The popularity of the Human Beatbox has waxed and wained, but over the decades the movement evolved and through the internet it has emerged once more as a global phenomenon.
BEN IS BACK (26 mins):
A single mother struggles to cope with her son's release from psychiatric hospital
Screenings
Arts Picturehouse
Monday 19 September, 10:45PM
Reviews
Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop & Ben Is Back by Take One
22 Sep 2011
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