A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Global Enlightenment: Part 1

2005 · ★ 7

The shape-shifting and enigmatic hip hop artist Kool Keith has managed to surprise, shock, and enrage fans and detractors alike with virtually every album he has released. His many personas include Dr. Octagon, under which he released 1996's Dr. Octagonecologyst, a futuristic masterpiece that flouted traditional hip hop mores in favor of intriguingly disruptive, warped rhymes. He is also the Black Elvis, Dr. Doom, Mr. Gerbik, and Rhythm X, and is formerly of the Bronx group the Ultramagnetic MCs, with whom he first established himself as a rapper that pushes the envelope and is not afraid to be critical of the system within which he operates. This DVD release features multiple interviews with the artist, as well as live concert footage. Keith takes his audiences on a tour of Manhattan and the Bronx. Keith also explains why he loves seltzer water.

Krylon Spit

Childhood best friends and Hip-Hop artists, Michelle Shockley and Brandon Rothrock, struggle with their lives and artistic endeavors as they mourn the loss of their crew member and find themselves moving in different directions.

Honey

2003 · ★ 6.4

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.

The Laughing Pizza Show

2012

This hour-long "docu-concert" for families takes viewers both behind the scenes and on stage with the family band, Laughing Pizza. Their live performance was filmed at the Scholastic Theater in New York City, and features Broadway Dance Center's incredible kids from their Children and Teen Program (CTP), a string trio from Juilliard, and other special guests.

Respect

2017 · ★ 6.2

Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty until he meets Doc, an old poet still haunted by his martial law past. Can they turn each other’s lives around before they’re swallowed by their circumstance?

De Saloon: En Vivo

2009

Live Concert by the band "De Saloon" recorded on August 1, 2009 with an audience of 2,000 people at the Teatro Teletón, during the releasing of their fourth studio album, “Delicada Violencia.”

Dance Flick

2009 · ★ 5

Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.

The Who: Tommy Live at The Royal Albert Hall

2017 · ★ 6.6

This concert film captures the first ever live performance by The Who of “Tommy” in its entirety, recorded in June 2017. The show includes all time classics like “Pinball Wizard”, “I’m Free”, “Amazing Journey”, “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, “I Can’t Explain”, “Who Are You”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, “I Can See For Miles” and more.

Check It Out, Yo!

2006 · ★ 5.4

Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of local Okinawan rap group, “Workaholic”. Upon witnessing the crowd reaction, the boys decide to start a rap group of their own to impress chicks—while Toru (Hayato Ichihara) has the added motivation of impressing his older, more sophisticated love interest Nagisa (Ayumi Ito). With only 2 weeks to learn how to play instruments and prepare for their first show, the performance is predictably humiliating. In order to save pride they decide to give it another shot, but this time they ditch the instruments for a sampler and stay truer to themselves. Will Toru be able to capture Nagisa’s heart? Will Yui ever confess her love to Toru or will she just keep practicing her advanced pro wrestling techniques on him instead?

Universal State of Mind

No synopsis available.

Asia Rising: The Next Generation of Hip-Hop

2019 · ★ 9.7

With the help of record label 88rising, we look through the eyes six different artist from six different backgrounds, all within Asia, as they share their thoughts on the recent rise of hip-hop throughout the region.

Mitzi's 2nd Special

1969 · ★ 6

Mitzi Gaynor opens her second special with a dazzling performance of "Let Go." Additional songs include "Poor Papa," and "What'll I Do." She welcomes guest star Ross Martin (The Wild, Wild, West) for a musical-comedy spoof of Gone with the Wind. Other comedy skits include Mitzi as "The Kid" describing a school recital, and as a Hungarian Gypsy performing "Those Were the Days."