Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Directed byByron Hurt
Written byByron Hurt
Produced byByron Hurt and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Starring
CinematographyBill Winters
Edited bySabrina Schmidt Gordon
Release dates
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Byron Hurt. The documentary explores the issues of masculinity, violence, homophobia, and sexism in hip hop music and culture, through interviews with artists, academics, and fans. Hurt's activism in gender issues and his love of hip-hop caused him to feel what he described as a sense of hypocrisy, and began working on the film.[1][2] The premiere of the film took place at the Sundance Film Festival, and was welcomed by a standing ovation.[3] It has also won Best Documentary at the San Francisco Black Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Roxbury Film Festival. On February 20, 2007 the film aired on the PBS Emmy-winning documentary series, Independent Lens.

  1. ^ Zurawik, David (2007-02-20). "A daring look at hip-hop". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2007-02-22.
  2. ^ Guthrie, Marisa (2007-02-19). "Crimes behind the 'Rhymes'". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2007-02-22.
  3. ^ Richards, Chris (2007-02-19). "A Hip-Hop Fan Hunts the Reason Behind the Rhyme". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-03-09.