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Hip Hop and Hollywood

Hip hop is a music genre, culture and art movement that originated in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. This course explores the connection between hip hop, the complexities of the music and its depiction on the big screen.

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Sam E

16-18
Film Studies

10 HOURS

10 LESSONS

Hip Hop and Hollywood

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Course Overview


Are you an avid hip hop fan, looking to further understand the complexities of the music, the dances and the art of the global subculture? Are you curious about cinema, filmmaking, and how hip hop has been used on-screen to invite audiences into worlds, often extremely distinct from their own? Then look no further! This course dives deeply into the visceral power of hip hop, charting its inception on the streets and subways of New York in the early 70s and its depiction on screen all the way from the wonder of 'Wild Style' to the majesty of 'Moonlight'. This is a course that is equally suitable for students who are music lovers or fanatical about film. It is not a requirement to have engaged with all the material prior to beginning the programme, as there are homework assignments set throughout, which involve watching films and listening to music.

Course Content


10 LESSONS

10 HOURS Total Length

Lesson 1

What Is Hip-Hop?

60 minutes

Lesson 2

Prejudice, Policy and the Police: Understanding the Roots of Culture

60 minutes

Lesson 3

The Cinematic Breakout: Wild Style

60 minutes

Lesson 4

The Early Formatting of Hip-Hop on Screen

60 minutes

Lesson 5

A Cultural Grenade Called 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)

60 minutes

Lesson 6

Spike Lee: Radio Raheem, Rodney King and 'The System'

60 minutes

Lesson 7

'Boyz N the Hood': Menace II Society and Los Angeles Life

60 minutes

Lesson 8

The Hood Drama and the 21st Century: Realism and Anti-Realism

60 minutes

Lesson 9

'Moonlight', N.W.A.: 'The Art House' and 'The Hood'

60 minutes

Lesson 10

Hip-Hop on Screen Today and the Power of Culture on Film

60 minutes

Key Skills


Film Analysis

Critical Thinking

Intertextual Studies

Cultural Appreciation

Educator

Sam E

English and Drama Educator

Sam is an actor and private Educator with a master's and first-class honours degrees from the University of Manchester and a master's in acting from one of the UK's leading drama schools.

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