ALANA Health Film Series - Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Rap Music is a 2006 Sundance Film Festival selection and a riveting PBS documentary that examines representations of manhood, sexism and homophobia in Hip-Hop culture. This film is conceived as a "loving critique" of certain disturbing developments in rap music culture from a long-time Hip-Hop head and filmmaker Byron Hurt.
Please stay for a discussion following the film.