Beat This!: A Hip Hop HistoryMovie

Name: Beat This!: A Hip Hop History
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1984-01-05
Cast: Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, Malcolm McLaren

(1984)

HD ★ 8.5 Duration: 58mTMDB: 8.5 ENUnited Kingdom

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Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a 1984 BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc — the film includes footage from Herc's original dance parties — The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The Dynamic Rockers. It is narrated by Imhotep Gary Byrd. Originally part of the Arena television series, it was among the first crop of documentaries about hip-hop.

Director: Dick Fontaine

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About Beat This!: A Hip Hop History

Beat This!: A Hip Hop History is a 1984 documentary, music movie directed by Dick Fontaine.

The production information lists a runtime of 58m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.

The credited cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, Malcolm McLaren. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.