Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity

🎞️ Movie 58 min --
โ˜… 8.7 /10 2010

Against the unique backdrop of American popular music, Blacking Up explores racial identity in U.S. society. The film artfully draws parallels between the white Hip-Hop fan and previous incarnations of white appropriation from blackface performer Al Jolson to mainstream artists like Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and Eminem. It interweaves portraits of white Hip-Hop artists and fans with insightful commentary by African American cultural critics such as Amin Baraka, Nelson George, Greg Tate, comedian Paul Mooney and Hip-Hop figures Chuck D., Russell Simmons, Ml of Dead Prez, and Di Kool Herc. Blacking Up will be a useful resource for courses in Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, African American Studies, Anthropology, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue as well as for Student Services programs.

Cast

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Aesop Rock
Self
Self
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
Self
Self
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Maurice Berger
Self
Self
Chuck D
Chuck D
Self
Self
Jon Daly
Jon Daly
Self
Self
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Sage Francis
Self
Self
Nelson George
Nelson George
Self
Self
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Grandmaster Caz
Self
Self
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Oliver 'Power' Grant
Self
Self
Kool Herc
Kool Herc
Self
Self
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Jørn Lavoll
Composer
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Eliot Leigh
Composer
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Robert Anderson Clift
Cinematographer