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Friday, August 23, 2013

‘Wild Style’ Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary (Video)




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‘Wild Style’ Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary (Video)



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In 1983, filmmaker Charlie Ahearn go together with graffiti artists Fab 5 Freddy and Lee Quinones, to come up with the film “Wild Style.” The movie chronicled the hip-hop scene. At that time, the scene was still in it’s infant stage. The documentary became the first feature film about hip-hop.


Charlie Ahearn


30 years later, the film still stands strong. The film recently had a free screening in NYC as part of the , SummerStage’s “This Is Hip-Hop” series  at the East River Park amphitheater. If you’re in NYC next Monday, stop by and check out the film. Until then, take a look at the trailer below.



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