Come to Joyce Kilmer Park for a screening and celebration for the 40th anniversary of the hit feature film "Beat Street"
Bronx Independent Cinema Center has partnered with the 161streetbid, bronxcommunityboard4 & nycparks to bring this FREE screening to the public!
RSVP via Evenbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-3-beat-street-tickets-919142589227
Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s. Set in the South Bronx, the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends, all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip hop culture, including breakdancing, DJing and graffiti.
An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture.
Directed by the multiple Grammy, Emmy, NAACP Image Award Winner & Tony + Peabody AWard Winner Stan Lathan
Produced by the late great Harry Belafonte
Year, 1984
Beat Street & Wild Style are credited with introducing Hip Hop as a movement to the country.
Beat Street screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
Free
Bronx Independent Cinema Center has partnered with the 161streetbid, bronxcommunityboard4 & nycparks to bring this FREE screening to the public!
RSVP via Evenbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-3-beat-street-tickets-919142589227
Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s. Set in the South Bronx, the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends, all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip hop culture, including breakdancing, DJing and graffiti.
An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture.
Directed by the multiple Grammy, Emmy, NAACP Image Award Winner & Tony + Peabody AWard Winner Stan Lathan
Produced by the late great Harry Belafonte
Year, 1984
Beat Street & Wild Style are credited with introducing Hip Hop as a movement to the country.
Beat Street screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
Free
Schedule
Venue
Joyce Kilmer Park
Grand Concourse & 161st St
Bronx, New York 10451
