Beat Street
Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s. Set in the South Bronx, the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends, all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip hop culture, including breakdancing, DJing and graffiti.
Plot
In the South Bronx, New York City, budding disc jockey and MC Kenny "Double K" Kirkland is hired as a featured DJ at a house party at an abandoned building, accompanied by his best friend Ramon Franco, a graffiti artist known by his tag "Ramo", and his friend/manager Chollie Wilson. Kenny's younger brother Lee crashes the party with his dance crew the Beat Street Breakers, who begin sparring with rival crew the Bronx Rockers. The next day, Chollie informs Kenny of complimentary tickets to The Roxy, one of Manhattan's most popular nightclubs. Meanwhile, Ramon's father, Domingo, implores his son to get a job and marry Carmen Carraro, the young mother of his illegitimate baby.
More details
author | Andrew Davis |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Stan Lathan |
editor | Dov Hoenig |
genre | drama |
keywords | abandoned building baby best friend big break build burn city college of new york claim dance crew disc jockey dj kool herc even gang member hardware store history of hip hop dance house party kool herc long lurk mc new year older brother on the road reject roxy subway tunnel television program television show |
musicBy | Arthur Baker |
producer | David V. Picker Harry Belafonte |
productionCompany | Orion Pictures |
publisher | Orion Pictures |
recordedAt | New York City |
theme | dance musical musical drama teen drama |