Moving to the Beat
- Video
- 2008
- 53m
In Moving to the Beat, an African American hip-hop group journeys to Freetown, Sierra Leone to discover a spiritual homeland and resurrect Chuck D's notion of hip-hop as the "black CNN." Goi... Read allIn Moving to the Beat, an African American hip-hop group journeys to Freetown, Sierra Leone to discover a spiritual homeland and resurrect Chuck D's notion of hip-hop as the "black CNN." Going against the stereotypes of mainstream rap music, the documentary creates a dialogue bet... Read allIn Moving to the Beat, an African American hip-hop group journeys to Freetown, Sierra Leone to discover a spiritual homeland and resurrect Chuck D's notion of hip-hop as the "black CNN." Going against the stereotypes of mainstream rap music, the documentary creates a dialogue between Black youth in Africa and America on war, sexuality, and gender, and portrays their v... Read all