808 (film)

808
Theatrical poster
Directed byAlexander Dunn
Screenplay by
  • Luke Bainbridge
  • Alexander Dunn
Produced by
Narrated byZane Lowe
Cinematography
  • Stuart Birchall
  • Claudio Rietti
Edited by
  • Alexander Dunn
  • Matthew Jarman
  • Stuart Birchall
Production
companies
  • You Know Films
  • You Know Ltd.
  • Atlantic Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • March 13, 2015 (2015-03-13) (SXSW)
  • December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09) (Apple Music)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

808 is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Alexander Dunn, written by Dunn and Luke Bainbridge, and produced by Alex Noyer, Dunn, Craig Kallman and Arthur Baker. It is narrated by Zane Lowe and documents the history and culture of the Roland TR-808, a drum machine that had a significant effect on hip hop and pop music.

808 premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 13, 2015. It was released on Apple Music exclusively on December 9, 2016, and was released for iTunes on December 16 by Atlantic Films.[2]

  1. ^ "Atlantic Films Strikes Global Deal to Release Alex Moyer-produced Documentary "808" Exclusively on Apple Music" (Press release). Atlantic Records. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference apple was invoked but never defined (see the help page).