Videos

Breakin' 'N' Enterin' (1983)

Released: September 14, 1983

The early ’80s West Coast hip-hop documentary that inspired the 1984 feature film Breakin' !

Director Topper Carew, who co-created the TV show Martin, produced the film D.C. Cab (co-starring Mr. T) and has directed various other film projects,  gives us an excellent look at the larger Los Angeles area at a time when the art of  b-boyin’,  pop-lockin’, emceeing, DJ-ing and graffiti street art really impacted the lives of a lot of minority youth.  Featuring star appearances from West Coast hip hop pioneers Ice-T, Egyptian Lover, Chris ‘The Glove’ Taylor, Super AJ and Dupont as well as a massive cast of b-boys including Adolfo 'Shabba Doo' Quiñones, Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers, Bruno 'Poppin’ Taco' Falcon (one of Michael Jackson's personal dance instructors), Ana 'Lollipop' Sánchez, Unique Dominoes, Hugo aka Mr. Smooth, Heckle &  Jeckle Twins, Carson’s Blue City Crew (who later became Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.) and more.


 Escapes (1986)

 Stories are similar to Tales From The Darkside, Tales From The Crypt, or Goosebumps.
An anthology of five tales of terror, each originally produced for video. The titles are "Something's Fishy," "Coffee Break," "Who's There," "Jonah's Dream," and "Think Twice."
Starring Vincent Price
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 Rap-Looking for the Perfect Beat (1995)

 This program featuring rap master Melle Mel describes the history of rap and hip-hop from its roots in earlier oral and musical traditions to its full flowering in the mid-1990s. Starring: Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Ice Cube, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Public Enemy, KRS-One, Arrested Development, Gil Scott-Heron, Nelson George, Malcolm X, & UFO.
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