808 (2015)

Directed by

Alexander Dunn

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It follows how this instrument shaped hip hop and pop music over the years. Zane Lowe narrates the film, which premiered at SXSW in 2015.

informativeupbeatnostalgiccelebratoryeducationalenergeticinsightfulhistorical

What happens

808 is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Alexander Dunn, written by Dunn and Luke Bainbridge, and produced by Alex Noyer, Dunn, Craig Kallman and Arthur Baker. It is narrated by Zane Lowe and documents the history and culture of the Roland TR-808, a drum machine that had a significant effect on hip hop and pop music. 808 premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 13, 2015. It was released on Apple Music exclusively on December 9, 2016, and was released for iTunes on December 16 by Atlantic Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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