Hip Hop-eration (2014)

Directed by

Bryn Evans

Genre

documentary film

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

G

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly dance troupe from Waiheke Island decides to compete in a hip hop championship in Las Vegas. The film follows their preparations and travel as they deal with health issues and their advanced ages.

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What happens

Hip Hop-eration is a New Zealand documentary film about a dance troupe managed by communications consultant turned flash mob choreographer Billie Jordan on Waiheke Island in New Zealand. The dance troupe (called Hip Op-eration), with an average age of nearly 80 among its members, decided to apply for the special exhibition category in the Las Vegas Hip Hop International championships of August 2013. The documentary documents their journey through time, space and doctor's visits. It opened theatrically in Auckland on 22 September 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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