Subgenre Sampler
Rental > R&B/Hip-hop: 71 Films to Rent on DVD
- Rize (2005)
- Dir. David LaChapelle
- An infectious documentary about a growing dance phenomenon in the United States, dubbed Krumping, which has emerged from the hip–hop movement…
- Diary of Alicia Keys, The (2004)
- Feat. Alicia Keys
- None too enlightening doco follows the Nu–soul Diva into the recording studio and to sundry other places. Strangely little music is featured…
- It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
- Dir. Michael Dowse
Feat. Paul Kaye, Kate Magowan
- Documentary–mockumentary comedy about the notoriously hedonistic dance DJ Frankie Wilde (Kaye), who rode the wave of 1990s Ibiza club culture…
- Ray: Genius - A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
- Dir. Bruce Gowers
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman…
- An extended concert tribute to soulman Ray Charles, combining new and vintage entertainers and memories from the likes of Quincy Jones, B.B. King and…
- You Got Served (2004)
- Dir. Christopher B. Stokes
Feat. Marques Houston, Omari Granberry
- Hiphop melodrama in which rival 'crews' battle it out for supremacy in the arena of break–dancing.
Renowned for the exceptional dance…
- Five Sides of a Coin (2003)
- Dir. Paul Kell
- A thorough exploration of the five sides of hip–hop culture: rap, turntablism, break–dancing, human beat–boxing and…
- Later... with Jools Holland - Party (2003)
- More live tracks from Jools Hollands' excellent late night TV show, in which he jams with various legends of popular music.
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- Nature's Best (2003)
- Essential selection of 60 music videos of the "greatest NZ songs of all time", as judged by APRA.
Tracklist: Dave Dobbyn – Loyal, The…
- Ngatahi - Know the Links (2003)
- Dir. Dean Hapeta
Feat. Dean Hapeta
- An extended voyage by Upper Hutt Posse–founder Dean Hapeta through the self–determining cultures of many of the world’s indigenous…
- 8 Mile (Eight Mile) (2002)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer…
- Mainstream feature film vehicle for white rap star Eminem has a narrative typical of the “youth craze” genre – young working class wannabe…