Product Details

• Actors: Paco Rosic, Various Participants at Metro High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Directors: Bob Bryan
• Format: NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bryan World Productions, LLC.
• VHS Release Date: October 1, 2003
• Run Time: 42 minutes
• ASIN: B0000DIC7G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #677,325 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Bob, I really enjoyed your video! It had some great dialogue in it from the kids, as well as, the adults. I think that you brilliantly captured a candid view of today s American kid . Although all students weren t into hip-hop, you were able to show kids communicating on a level that any average teen can relate to, whether they are Hip-hop heads, Preps, Thrashers or Goths.

I really like your work, and I will definitely refer to you and your work in my seminars. I m excited to see Hip-Hop come of age where we are able now to tell our own story, and you are representing very well. Peace & Blessings Bob! - Fred, Richardson, Texas - --Fred, Richardson, Texas

Product Description

Multi award-winning indie filmmaker Bob Bryan takes his camera on the road (in search of Hip-Hop) to the heartland of America.

"I figured if Hip-Hop exists here, then it's pretty much everywhere!"

I was invited to record a historic 4 day Hip-Hop Summer Workshop conducted at Metro High School, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, inspired by Graffiti Verite'.

Bob manages to capture the excitement of this innovative workshop and what emerges is a portrait of the educational value and liberating therapeutic power contained within the unique elements of the contemporary Hip-hop movement. Turntablism (DJing ), Break-dancing, MC'ing (Rappin') and Graffiti Art are the elements used in what Bob sees as a multi-faceted communications modality and dynamic educational learning system.

"I knew there was a great misconception about what Hip-Hop was really all about,

partially due to the massive negative propaganda generated by the media. I wanted to

take a closer look at the facts. It turns out, the elements of Hip-Hop, if used creatively,

can give our educators an invaluable tool to bridge the communications and learning dyslexia

that exist between students, educators and the 4R's. It’s time to explore this type of multi-intelligence

model and integrate its use into the curriculum as a method of connecting with todays youth. " -Bob Bryan, Director

GV5 will be released simultaneously along with The Hip-Hop Curriculum Teachers Workshop Guide (sold separately), inspired by the brilliant observations of the Multiple Intelligences Theory and the realization of the obvious differences in students learning styles.

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