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Under the Influence of Ego Trip: "Electric Boogie" & "Beat This!: A Hip Hop History"

Maysles Cinema
New York, NY

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A limited number of theater tickets are available for sale at the door on a first-come-first-served basis. Additional seating with simulcast Q&A will also be available downstairs.

The second program in the "Under the Influence of Ego Trip" series features the inspirational Electric Boogie (1983), produced and directed by Swedish / US filmmaker Tana Ross. The film intimately follows four African-American and Latino youths coming up in the early '80s South Bronx, and their unflagging devotion to the art b-boy-ing and breaking. Also on tap is distinguished UK documentarian Dick Fontaine's Beat This!: A Hip Hop History (1984). This highly stylized BBC production features dynamic appearances by a veritable who's who of original school luminaries: Kool Herc (in what are perhaps his most revealing and personal public interviews), Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force, the Cold Crush Brothers, Lisa Lee, Sha-Rock, graffiti writer Brim of Tats Cru, and Officer Kevin Hickey of the NYPD's infamous Vandal Squad. Rhymed narration is provided by NYC broadcasting legend Gary Byrd.

Post-screening discussion and Q&A with hip-hop legends the Soulsonic Force, Easy AD of the Cold Crush Brothers, as well as Electric Boogie director Tana Ross.

About Ego Trip: Ego Trip is the New York-based creative collective behind the top-rated VH1 reality programs The (White) Rapper Show and Miss Rap Supreme as well as the critically acclaimed Book of Rap Lists and Big Book of Racism!

Location

Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave.
New York, NY 10027
United States

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