“NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell” (2007 documentary)

“Out of chaos came creation”

1977, année de chaos économique et social pour NY

1977, année de toutes les créations: Hip Hop, Disco, Punk, Graffiti + Révolution sexuelle

NY, The Coolest Year in Hell: 1h30 de contre-culture made in Big Apple c’est cadeau!


“The Hole”, So you thought you knew York?

As often I can not find sleep before 3am, so I wander on the internet by going around my bookmarks. And guess what I found: a stunning short documentary about a particular part of New York City located on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

It is called “The Hole” and I never heard of this place before tonight. I knew there were places around Redhook in Brooklyn which were kind of deserted. But this one is particularly crazy. For a time it was renamed as “The lower 9th ward of NY” because it looks just like New Orleans with its flooded soil.

Enough talk, it’s time to watch the video and say hi to the black cowboys who are leading your ride into that non-zone where the Mob is dumping its dead bodies (now you like  the story, right?)

Comme souvent, je ne trouve jamais le sommeil avant 3h du mat’ alors j’en profite pour errer sur le net et refaisant le tour de mes bookmarks. Et devinez ce que j’ai trouvé: un petit mais énorme docu sur un quartier de New York situé à la frontière de Brooklyn et du Queens.

l’endroit s’appelle “The Hole” et je n’en avais jamais entendu parler jusqu’à ce soir. Je savais qu’il y avait des lieux quasi-déserts vers Redhook à Brooklyn mais celui ci vaut son pesant d’or. Pendant un moment, on l’a rebaptisé “le Lower Ninth Ward de New York” (en référence au quartier noir de la Nouvelle Orléans effacé de la carte en une soirée par Katrina) parce qu’il est un ersatz de Nouvelle Orléans avec son sol totalement inondé.

Assez parlé, il est temps de regarder la vidéo et dire bonjour aux blacks cow-boys, guides d’un jour dans cette non-zone où la mafia a pour habitude d’y jeter ses cadavres (Ah, vous aimez là!)

Directors: Courtney Fathom Sell and Billy Feldman


On tour with Feist, “Look At What The Light Did Now” (DVD)

Bien que sorti en DVD début décembre, “Look At What The Light Did Now”, le docu témoin des coulisses du “Reminder Tour” de Feist s’est offert une tournée mondiale en salles.

Hier soir se tenait l’unique projection française au MK2 Bibliothèque et Trois Couleurs se faisait grand seigneur en invitant quelques énervés du clavier dont moi-même à se joindre à la fête. Lire la suite »


GOODIES!!! “InnerVisions”, a documentary about Stevie Wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnccZm4uw_M


Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Story of A Tribe Called Quest, a Film by Michael Rapaport

Great News for 2011 !!!

To be premiered @ Sundance Fest 2011: The sounds, story & tribulations of ATCQ in the box thanks to Michael Rapaport.

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Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Story of A Tribe Called Quest is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of music’s most influential and groundbreaking pioneers in hip hop. The story is told by the members themselves as they reunite after two years during the 2008 Rock the Bells tour to deliver sold out performances . On the tour they re-discover that their own personal differences may overpower their love for the group, countless, hard-core fans, and its ability to survive the pressures of fame, the record industry, and simply pursuing other interests in life. Rapaport, himself a hard core Tribe fan from the first album, panics when Q-Tip tells him “ this could be the last show” after mounting tension erupted at the event in San Francisco. Thus, begins a journey to go back and appreciate the huge contributions made by Tribe to the “whole structure of hip hop” as stated by Amir from the Roots, one of the many artists in the film influenced by Tribe’s unique sampling and layering of obscure jazz loops mixed with hip hop beats, as well as their playful but clever lyrics. Chronicles told of songs like “Scenario” and “Check the Rhyme” paint a vivid picture of what it was like coming up in Queens as young folks living and breathing hip hop in the early nineties.

Info HERE,


Iheart: BANKSY: “Exit Through The Gift Shop” (sortie le 15 décembre)

Ca fait un moment qu’il tourne sur les écrans US, le DVD est disponible depuis septembre en Angleterre, Itunes US s’est placé en VOD pour la fin novembre, la France attendra jusqu’au 15 décembre prochain et  “Exit Through The Gift Shop” ne cesse d’alimenter les rumeurs  sur le net et dans la presse internationale.

It’s been awhile since it’s on screening in the US, the DVD is available in th UK, Itunes US store is about to VOD it at the end of november, France will wait until December 15th and  still, a lot of ink is spilling over  “Exit Through The Gift Shop”.

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NY-Z documentary, Jay Z x Absolut Vodka

ABSOLUT Vodka presents NY-Z a 15-minute documentary featuring hip-hop mogul, Jay-Z. Directed by Danny Clinch, NY-Z paints a rare portrait of the global music icon. Clinch provides an intimate glimpse into Jay-Z: his childhood, his motivation as an artist, his passion for music, and his muse, New York… (source Format Mag)


Still Bill Documentary

Bill Withers documentary

http://www.stillbillthemovie.com

Directed by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, Still Bill tells the story of Bill Withers, an unexpected superstar.
“Ain’t No Sunshine”, “Lean on Me”, “Lovely Day” and “Just the Two of Us” are only part of a
complex and fascinating character: an icon who left the industry behind but never gave up his soul.
You know his songs. Now meet the man.

Featuring a tribute concert, a soundtrack with previously unreleased tracks, and rare live performance.


Big L Rest in Peace! The documentary

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thanks to the newcomer Thomas F.


Chris Rock, “Good Hair”, le documentaire @ Sundance Festival

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Nappy head, têtes grainées, ce documentaire est pour vous…et pour moi!

Nattes collées, tresses, vanille, défrisage à froid, peigne chaud, peigne afro, Babyliss, tissage à la colle ou à l’ancienne, mèches Pony #4, Linda#2, larasses, crème Dax, Pento, crème goudron, Hair Pouss Plus, Goldys, Capirelax, Afrosheen, Pink conditioner, moelle de boeuf, beeswax, ampoules , week end de coiffure, 3 paires de mains sur le crâne et 2 jours de cuir chevelu tellement tendu qu’il vous bride les yeux… Autant de termes qui m’ont donné des maux de crâne pendant 27 longues années, avant de me décider … à tout raser! Lire la suite »


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