Anybody
who believes that crime, poverty, and drugs have killed political thought among
the young people of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, has only to
see Straight Up Rappin' to be set straight.Produced by Tana Ross And Freke Vuijst Green Room Productions
Anybody
who believes that crime, poverty, and drugs have killed political thought among
the young people of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, has only to
see Straight Up Rappin' to be set straight.
This compelling documentary is about rap as it is declaimed in the streets of New York, straight up - without music. These rappers, amateurs all, feel a compelling need to express their feelings about the world they live in. There are ten-year olds who rap about the Bill of Rights, young men who rap about homelessness and child abuse, a young woman who raps about revolution. The powerful and often bitter words of their street poetry, expresses the political consciousness of their generation.
CINE Gold Eagle, 1993
Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1992
29 min. Video or DVD. Sale $295. Video rental $55.
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