Wild Style (1983)

Directed by

Charlie Ahearn

Genre

documentary film, drama film, docudrama, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young graffiti artist and his friends navigate the hip hop scene in early 1980s New York City. The film shows their involvement with breakdancing, rapping, and graffiti art.

energeticrawyouthfulculturally vibrantstreet-levellive-performeddocu-stylenostalgic

What happens

Wild Style is a 1982 American hip hop film written, produced and directed by Charlie Ahearn. Regarded as the first hip hop motion picture, it includes appearances by seminal figures such as Adam Horowitz, Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, The Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Rammellzee with Shockdell, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation, Grandmaster Flash, and ZEPHYR. Filmed in 1981 and completed in 1982, Wild Style premiered in November 1982 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal, followed by its theatrical release in the United States on November 23, 1983. The film was later released on VHS by Rhino Home Video in 1997. In 2007, it was released on DVD for its 25th anniversary. A 30th anniversary collector's edition was released on Blu-ray in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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