23 Jan 1984
Style Wars
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Favela no Ar
The real faces of Brazilian rap
The documentary shows the awakening of the poor youth to social consciousness in the identification of life that imitates art with art that imitates life. It is the São Paulo chapter of the cultural history of national rap in the voice of its main exponents.
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Sabotage Self
Negra Li Self
Sandrão Self
Dexter Self
Xis Self
Helião Self
Afro-X Self
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