Hip-Hop culture has now been around for more than 40 years, and it all started right here in New York City. With the help of archival footage, Hip-Hop pioneer Grandmaster Caz and other cultural historians, documentary filmmaker and CUNY TV producer Eddie Bailey looks back at what has quickly become a global phenomenon. […]
Toni Blackman and the FreeStyle Union are challenging the male-dominated world of Hip-Hop and empowering women to speak their minds in freestyle workshops. This music video/documentary describes Toni’s concentrated effort to provide training and support for emerging female hip-hop artists whose voices, activism and lyrics have been largely unnoticed. Toni Blackman
Produced by CUNY TV, Short Docs Web Series showcases short documentaries about NYC’s minority communities and examines issues including immigration, human rights, education, diaspora, multiculturalism, environmental issues and criminal justice. Short Docs creates a fresh multi-cultural dialogue and amplifies the film’s issues through social media. The documentaries, produced by Third World Newsreel, stream along with interviews with the filmmakers and subjects related to the pieces.
