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Is This the Future? (Video)

Director

Andy Francis

Subject

Music; Sociology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Analyses the rise of radicalism and nationalism within contemporary rap music. Includes an interview and performance by The Last Poets.

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Dr Seuss V William Shakespeare (2011 Video)

Series

Epic Rap Battles of History

Director

Dave McCary

Producer

Micker Meyer

A YouTube video series that pits famous historical, pop culture, or fictional characters against one another in rap battle format.

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Darker Side of Black, The (1994 Video)

Director

Isaac Julien

Subject

Music; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 59 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Investigates the social and political influences on the music styles rap and ragga and their hard-core proponents. Seeks an informed response to the complex issues involved, including ritualised machismo,...

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Mic Drop (2017)

Director

Keith Piper

Subject

American Studies; Film studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale Hire, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 12 minutes), On request

When Obama dropped the microphone, he knew what he was doing: this gesture remains a powerful way of underlining some final words. Derived from the 1980s rap scene, it signals the point when words reach...

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Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains (2019)

Director

David Verbeek

Subject

Music; Social Studies

Short documentary. A new phenomenon has taken the internet by storm: Chinese rap. But behind its skyrocketing popularity, there is a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers try to figure out what they can...

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Ultimate Rap, The (Audio)

Neil Aldrich recites Shakespeare’s sonnets, and other works, speculating about the recitative convention employed in the 17th century. The delivery is rap-like, very different from the performance norm....

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Welcome to Death Row (2008)

Subject

Business studies; Music; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £12.99

Music label Death Row Records has, since its inception in the early ‘90s, become synonymous with American hip-hop culture. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label once boasted an impressive roster of...

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Chapter Sixty-Five (2003 Television)

Series

Boston Public

Drama series. A comedy-drama looking behind-the-scenes at the personal and professional lives of teachers working at a mid-size high school in Boston. This episode includes a scene in which Guber challenges...

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Romeo und Julia (2005 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

David Boesch

A videotaped recording, using a single camera, of David Boesch’s 2004 production of Romeo and Juliet performed at the Schauspielhaus. Zurich in 2005. Johannes Zirner and Julie Braeuning in the title roles....

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McDonald’s: Romeo and Juliet (2002 Television)

Television advertisement for a McDonald’s chicken flatbread sandwich. Romeo is about to leave the balcony when Juliet, holding a telescope, notices that he has a sandwich in his bag. She leaves the balcony...

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