Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

SCRIBBLED-OVER CIVILIZATION

Film screening and conversation on hip-hop culture

in the Gödör Club,

related to the Keith Haring exhibition at the Ludwig Museum

Sunday, 26 October 2008

9.00pm – 01.00am

Film screening:

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

Introduction by film director Kevin Fitzgerald

Following the screening:

Classic old school hip-hop dj set by Kevin Fitzgerald

Venue:

Gödör Club (Erzsébet tér / Square, Budapest)

Entrance is free

About the film:

"The Art of Rhyme” explosively documents the world of improvisational hip-hop, providing an authentic look into the life, music and history of this underground culture. Packed with rare and archival footage of some of the most amazing MC’s ever to bless the mic (Mos Def, Notorious B.I.G., The Roots, Tipac, and the Last Poets).

“A Joyful and Ferocious celebration of the verbal artistry of hip-hop. And a rousing education in an art form that is too often misunderstood.” (A. O. Scott, The New York Times).

Awards: HBO Best Documentary Award, Urban World Film Festival; Best Documentary& Audience Award, Pan African Film Festival; Jury Prize, Editing & Cinematography, Karachi Film Festival; Best Soundtrack, Los Angeles Film Festival; Special Jury Prize, Documentary Film, Florida Film Festival; Best Documentary& Maverick Award, Woodstock Film Festival.

Kevin Fitzgerald has been DJ'ing since the age of 14. He is Co-Founder of the popular Los Angeles radio show, "All @ One Point," a founding organizer of The Center for Hip-Hop Education, and originated the popular LA club, The Root Down club

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

2000

Directed by Kevin Fitzgerald

72 min., color, Super-16 mm film

Production:

Kevin Fitzgerald, director

Henry Alex Rubin, producer

Ty Bertrand, co-producer and sound designer

Todd Hickey, cinematographer

Charles Raggio, producer/music supervisor

Distributed by Palm Pictures, Universal, Sony, MTV, B-Sky B, and Agnes B