Criterion Channel Celebrates Hip-Hop 50 With Upcoming Film Program
The Criterion Channel has announced that film programming celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop will take place from August 1 to November 1.
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The Criterion Channel is bringing Hip-Hop 50 to its archival film slate. From August 1 to November 1, the classic and contemporary cinema streamer will reintroduce films “showcasing raw early documents of the scene’s key players, intimate and informative portraits of musical expertise and technical wizardry, and definitive, star-studded evocations of the culture’s impact.”
On the roster are the first hip-hop motion picture Wild Style, 1983 documentary Style Wars, Spike Lee’s 1989 film Do the Right Thing, 1993 John Singleton drama Poetic Justice, 1998 Hype Williams crime drama Belly, 1999 RZA-composed samurai film Ghost Dog, and more.
