Films... documentaries... etc

[ladyboygrimsby]

Can anyone recommend any movies, or shorts or documentaries relating to DJ culture or dance music?

This is the deal: We're doing another edition of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, which is coming out in 2006, the centenary of the DJ. In conjunction with this, we're trying to sort out a weekend/week of programmed material at an artsy London establishment (they've already expressed interest in the idea), which will include parties, possible photography exhibitions and also screenings of old programmes/movies/docs.

I know about the obvious ones:
This Is England: Wigan Casino
Alan Yentob's Hip Hop doc (the 1984 one, not the recent, crap, one)
Scratch
Freshest Kids
Paris Is Burning
Pump Up The Volume (1st episode is passable)
The Hip Hop Years (ditto)

(There was a rash of pretty crap ones a few years ago, like Modulations, but I'm not sure if anyone should be made to sit through those again....)


Any others you can suggest or would like to see? Also, we're thinking of trying to edit together a bunch of short stuff into one doc, such as Greg wilson's appearance on the Tube in 1983 demonstrating mixing. Any other memorable incidents you can think of?

[LDJB]

Wasn't there some good stuff about the soundsystems in the BEEB history of Reggae series?

I'd like to see Fresh and Fly on Grange Hill again please

[buddah]

Quote[/b] (ladyboygrimsby @ Nov. 24 2004,17:18)]Can anyone recommend any movies, or shorts or documentaries relating to DJ culture or dance music?

This is the deal: We're doing another edition of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, which is coming out in 2006, the centenary of the DJ. In conjunction with this, we're trying to sort out a weekend/week of programmed material at an artsy London establishment (they've already expressed interest in the idea), which will include parties, possible photography exhibitions and also screenings of old programmes/movies/docs.

I know about the obvious ones:
This Is England: Wigan Casino
Alan Yentob's Hip Hop doc (the 1984 one, not the recent, crap, one)
Scratch
Freshest Kids
Paris Is Burning
Pump Up The Volume (1st episode is passable)
The Hip Hop Years (ditto)

(There was a rash of pretty crap ones a few years ago, like Modulations, but I'm not sure if anyone should be made to sit through those again....)


Any others you can suggest or would like to see? Also, we're thinking of trying to edit together a bunch of short stuff into one doc, such as Greg wilson's appearance on the Tube in 1983 demonstrating mixing. Any other memorable incidents you can think of?


There's a recent one about diggin' with some pretty major contributions called Deep Crates. It's out on DVD...

The DJ Shadow DVD has lots of material and also Keepintime the short done by B+

...

can't remember anything else right now...

There's a recent one about diggin' with some pretty major contributions called Deep Crates. It's out on DVD...

The DJ Shadow DVD has lots of material and also Keepintime the short done by B+

...

can't remember anything else right now...

[Thelonious MOke]

Sounds great LBG.

Are you looking for just films about Dj'ing in its various forms or more general, dance music related film/docs?

There's a Japanese film called 'Scratching the Surface', about hiphop in Japan, which has something to do with the rarekind crew. click ere

We are currantly trying to put together a hiphop film based festival at the cube in Bristol. Which is scheduled for around april. But its just in the research stages at the moement.
Maybe we could do some kind of colaboration?

[pats]

How about Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow - Product Placement DVD?
Wildstyle... main emphasis on graf but features the DJ heavily as the backbone of Hip Hop.

[Mr_Hopkinson]

Lots of Hip Hop films here

Thelonious, are you Chris ?  

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Quote[/b] (Thelonious MOke @ Nov. 25 2004,21:08)]We are currantly trying to put together a hiphop film based festival at the cube in Bristol. Which is scheduled for around april. But its just in the research stages at the moement.
Maybe we could do some kind of colaboration?

ahh. another Bristolian eh?

whats all this about then? I like the idea of a hip hop film festival, sounds great. would you be putting on acts / djs as well as the films? I saw Wavetwisters at the cube which worked pretty well but I'd love to see the likes of Wildstyle and Style Wars on down there....

[Mr_Hopkinson]

Quote[/b] (united states of audio @ Nov. 26 2004,17:06)]

Quote[/b] (Thelonious MOke @ Nov. 25 2004,21:08)]We are currantly trying to put together a hiphop film based festival at the cube in Bristol. Which is scheduled for around april. But its just in the research stages at the moement.
Maybe we could do some kind of colaboration?

ahh. another Bristolian eh?

whats all this about then? I like the idea of a hip hop film festival, sounds great. would you be putting on acts / djs as well as the films? I saw Wavetwisters at the cube which worked pretty well but I'd love to see the likes of Wildstyle and Style Wars on down there....

Hopefully will be putting on Style Wars, possibly with exhibition, though some of the touring pieces are 8ft square ! There's info at . . . http://www.stylewars.com . . .

( Wildstyle has actually been shown there before, but about 5 years ago )

[Thelonious MOke]

Its all still in the planning stage at the moment. If you're local and want to get involved, then drop me a line and I'll tell you when we're meant to be having a meeting to discuss whats going on.
Or if you have any surgestions, or want to dj/perform/show a film, whatever feel free to get in contact me.




and Mr H. my name is Marc.
(I think I might have a record you may like , well maybe, can't recall who it was by, but its some french guy talking smoothly over a nice break. If you're interested i'm sure we can meet up, I think you live down the road from me.)

[Chris]

are you aware of the work they do at www.redbullmusicacademy.com

[Mr_Hopkinson]

Quote[/b] (Thelonious MOke @ Nov. 26 2004,19:17)]Its all still in the planning stage at the moment. If you're local and want to get involved, then drop me a line and I'll tell you when we're meant to be having a meeting to discuss whats going on.
Or if you have any surgestions, or want to dj/perform/show a film, whatever feel free to get in contact me.




and Mr H. my name is Marc.
(I think I might have a record you may like , well maybe, can't recall who it was by, but its some french guy talking smoothly over a nice break.   If you're interested i'm sure we can meet up, I think you live down the road from me.)

heheh - are you about on Sunday for the agm?

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Quote[/b] (buddah @ Nov. 24 2004,18:58)]There's a recent one about diggin' with some pretty major contributions called Deep Crates. It's out on DVD...

Deep Crates would be worth checking out. I met the guy responsible for it when I was in Toronto earlier this year, sounds like a great doc. Featuring interviews with Diamond D, Lord Finesse, DJ Format, Beni B, Soulman, Peanut Butter Wolf, Egon, Mr. Walt, Evil D., Buckwild etc.

Dunno if thats the sort of thing for you Bill, but for Marc's Bristol event it may be more suitable?

[Nick Cope]

Quote[/b] (Chris @ Nov. 27 2004,12:16)]are you aware of the work they do at www.redbullmusicacademy.com

Yeah, but I think Bill was after interesting takes on dance music/culture...

I was involved in that at one point. Always the same questions, always asked by a total... well. Very tedious, though the Cut Chemist one is okay, purely because Egon was asking the questions instead of the usual host tedium.

Bill, have you heard of a short film about beat digging by Jesper Jensen, called er, "Beat Diggin", I dunno if this is the same movie United States of Audio is talking about.

There's a piece about it in Big Daddy 10, with contact addresses. I can PM them over to you if you like.

[Thelonious MOke]

I've talked to beatdawg about showing his movie (crate diggin)
but I've also heard its kinda boring.

I have a copy of Jesper's movie which is cool, although it does lack the 'stars' of beat diggin.
He also has another movie, 'who's next' about up and coming mc's in NY, which we will also being showing at the festival.



Mr. H.
i was too busy(lazy) to make to the agm, maybe another time.

[ladyboygrimsby]

Thanks for all the replies chaps. I shall Pm a few of you for further details.