Saturday, September 17, 2011

Rubble Kings


RUBBLE KINGS TRAILER from shan nicholson on Vimeo.

Rubble Kings is a new doco that covers the late sixties and early seventies in New York, looking at the gang culture and the emergence of hiphop.

"From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rightsmovement lay a unfocused rage. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed.

Peace came only through the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to come by giving birth to hip-hop culture. Rubble Kings, the most comprehensive documentation of life during this era of gang rule to date, tells the story of how a few extraordinary, forgotten people did the impossible, and how their actions impacted the world over."

Via Voices of East Anglia.

There's a similar doco I saw recently, called 80 Blocks from Tiffanys, originally shot in the late 70s for Saturday Night Live and now out on DVD. It's based on an Esquire magazine article on gangs in the Bronx.

BONUS: Another doco from Shan Nicholson, Downtown Calling, on NYC 77-85. Watch the clip below, 0.50 in, see Keith Haring drawing on the subway walls. So dope.

"There was a lot of creativity amidst all the civic chaos..." Nelson George


DOWNTOWN CALLING TRAILER from shan nicholson on Vimeo.

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