En 1987, cinq jeunes hommes exprimaient leur frustration et leur colère pour dénoncer les conditions de vie de l'endroit le plus dangereux de l’Amérique, avec l'arme la plus puissante qu'ils possédaient : leur musique. Voici la véritable histoire de ces rebelles, armés uniquement de leur parole, de leur démarche assurée et de leur talent brut, qui ont résisté aux autorités qui les opprimaient. Ils ont ainsi formé le groupe de rappeur des N.W.A. en dénonçant la réalité de leur quartier. Leur voix a alors déclenché une révolution sociale qui résonne encore aujourd'hui.
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Après des débuts difficiles, un jeune « rapper » blanc de Détroit connaît un succès fulgurant et devient une star de la musique hip-hop.
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
Deux enfants sont envoyés passer une semaine en Pennsylvanie, dans la ferme de leurs grands-parents. Mais lorsque l'un d'eux découvre qu'ils sont impliqués dans quelque chose de profondément dérangeant, leurs chances de retour s'amenuisent de jour en jour.
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced with an unexpected tragedy.
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
Séduisant trentenaire, Will est un dragueur oisif et heureux de l'être. Adepte des aventures sans lendemain, il trouve un nouveau moyen de multiplier ses conquêtes : fréquenter les réunions de mères célibataires en s'inventant... un fils imaginaire ! Mais cela l'amène à rencontrer Marcus, un jeune garçon de 12 ans, qui va révolutionner sa vie douillette de solitaire endurci.
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
Freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician Johnny rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally tracked down by two corrupt cops he escaped from years ago, who want the money he owes them.
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Mike Diamond et Adam Horovitz nous racontent l’histoire de leur groupe et de leurs 40 années d’amitié, dans un documentaire expérimental réalisé par leur ami et collaborateur, Spike Jonze.
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.