Music culture through different filters. Country mets hip hop. How Nashville might be more about showbiz than about country western music. What the interpretations of Nashville say about the film (that Robert Altman won’t). How Wild Style was embraced by the developing rap scene in opposition to Nashville. What does it take to earn a communities support? When the artist goes pop. The similarity between hip-hop and horror cinema. Film’s simple, beautiful ability to empower through representation.
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Nashville
Released: September 21, 1975
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Director: Robert Altman
Writer: Joan Tewkesbury
Starring: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed.
Wild Style
Released: November 4, 1983
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Director: Charlie Ahearn
Writer: Charlie Ahearn
Starring: 'Lee' George Quinones, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy
Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer.
