Fab 5 Freddy
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis:
Locus Natus: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Et ut: Fred Brathwaite, Fred Braithwaite, Fab Five Freddy, Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite
The Universe of Keith Haring
A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring. The film looks to Haring as an artistic role model for his preternatural talent, of course, but also for...
release : 2008.04.01popularis : 3.729
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Fifty years ago in the Bronx, a new genre of music was born, the product of a people searching for their voice and the opportunity to be heard. For...
release : 2023.08.11popularis : 3.483
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from...
release : 2023.03.12popularis : 0.99
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
A thoughtful portrait of a renowned artist, this documentary shines the spotlight on New York City painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featuring extensive...
release : 2010.01.25popularis : 3.257
Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer
Documentary following the career of Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz, who captured hip-hop in its infancy long before it became a worldwide...
release : 2013.08.02popularis : 0.777
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions...
release : 2014.04.04popularis : 4.726
Who's the Man?
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as...
release : 1993.04.23popularis : 3.364
Downtown '81
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been...
release : 2001.07.13popularis : 2.407
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV...
release : 2012.06.07popularis : 5.946
Wild Style
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the...
release : 1982.08.01popularis : 6.247
Keith Haring: The Message
Keith Haring: The Message was released in conjunction with the Keith Haring retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Directed by famed...
release : 2013.04.19popularis : 1.627
Juice
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop,...
release : 1992.01.17popularis : 28.976
American Gangster
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem...
release : 2007.11.02popularis : 25.078
Hustlers Convention
The story of Sport and Spoon - two young hustlers who attend the eponymous convention, only to get tangled up in a financial disagreement that leads...
release : 2015.01.01popularis : 1.074
The Freshest Kids
From the Boogie Down Bronx and beyond, the history of the b-boy.
release : 2002.10.01popularis : 0.768
Blank City
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire...
release : 2011.04.06popularis : 3.079
Barry
A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.
release : 2016.09.10popularis : 9.135
New Jack City
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to...
release : 1991.03.08popularis : 18.317
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be...
release : 2017.10.07popularis : 3.238
Blondie Greatest Video Hits
1)In The Flesh 2)X Offender 3)Denis 4)Detroit 442 5)(I'm Always Touched By Your)Presence,Dear 6)Picture This 7)Hanging On The Telephone 8)Heart Of...
release : 2002.10.08popularis : 1.256
Downtown Calling
In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption...
release : 2009.10.24popularis : 1.736
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from various figures in the community such as...
release : 2004.04.02popularis : 2.251
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in...
release : 2009.04.24popularis : 3.25
TV Party
From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and...
release : 2005.08.03popularis : 1.006
A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy
In this revelatory documentary, hip-hop legend and art lover Fab 5 Freddy (aka Fred Brathwaite) saddles up to explore 15th-century Italian...
release : 2019.07.27popularis : 0.681
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong...
release : 2019.08.14popularis : 10.17
She's Gotta Have It
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All...
release : 1986.08.08popularis : 12.403
NB80s
A look at the NBA and its players during the 1980s, including the introduction of the 3-point shot, the transformation of the Los Angeles Lakers into...
release : 2011.11.30popularis : 2.557
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
In the 1980s Keith Haring blazed a trail through the galleries and nightclubs of downtown New York's art scene. Rebellious and ingenious, Haring...
release : 2020.07.04popularis : 1.712
Picasso Baby
Jay Z performs Picasso Baby at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
release : 2013.08.02popularis : 2.556
NB90s
A look at the NBA and its players during the 1990s, including Michael Jordan's all-conquering Chicago Bulls, possibly the greatest draft class ever,...
release : 2013.09.04popularis : 0.779
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting...
release : 2018.12.19popularis : 4.615
It's Yours: A Film on Hip-Hop and the Internet
By the dawn of the 21st century, hip-hop sales had reached an all-time high, but one thing has remained the same. The doors were still locked, and...
release : 2020.02.13popularis : 1.476
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics....
release : 2021.03.01popularis : 8.167
Rachel Getting Married
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
release : 2008.09.03popularis : 12.014
The Manchurian Candidate
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow...
release : 2004.07.30popularis : 18.927