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Title

Beat street [videorecording] / Orion Pictures ; director, Stan Lathan ; producers, Harry Belafonte and David V. Picker ; screenplay, Andy Davis, David Gilbert, and Paul Golding.

Publication

Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, c1984.

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Additional Authors

• Chong, Rae Dawn
• Davis, Guy, 1952-
• Chardiet, Jon
• Grant, Leon W.
• Santiago, Saundra
• Clarke, Hope, 1941-
• Allen, Sarita
• Bambaataa, Afrika.
• Fowler, Bernard.
• Sisco, Richard.
• Dee, Wanda.
• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023.
• Picker, David V.
• Wilson, Lester, 1942?-
• Von Brandenstein, Patrizia.
• Zea, Kristi.
• Hager, Steven.
• Lathan, Stan
• Magnificent Force (Dance company)
• New York City Breakers.
• Rock Steady Crew.
• System (Musical group)
• Orion Pictures.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (106 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Drama depicting the lives and aspirations of three youths in the Bronx.

Subject

• Break dancing
• Graffiti

Genre/Form

• Black films and programs.
• Features.
• Motion pictures.
• Dance.
• Music.

Note

• Motion picture originally released by Orion Pictures ; re-issued as a videotape by Vestron Video.

Credits (note)

• Director of photography, Tom Priestly, jr. ; choreography, Lester Wilson ; music produced by Belafonte and Arthur Baker ; story, Steven Hager ; production design, Patrizia von Brandenstein ; costumes, Kristi Zea.

Performer (note)

• Rae Dawn Chong (Tracy), Guy Davis (Kenny), Jon Chardiet (Ramon), Leon W. Grant (Chollie), Saundra Santiago (Carmen), Robert Taylor (Lee), and others. Performers appearing as themselves are: Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force + Shango, Tina B., Andy B. Bad, Fantastic Duo, Bernard Fowler, Grand Master Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Jazzy Jay, Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Rock Steady Crew, Richard Sisco and Wanda Dee, Brenda Starr, The System, The Treacherous Three, and Us Girls. Sarita Allen appears among the dancers in the CCNY sequences, with Hope Clarke in the acting role of the dancing instructor.

Contents

Dance contents: Numerous scenes of social dancing, set at parties, on the street, in the subway, and at the Roxy, a New York club. The Roxy is also the site of an extended break dancing competition; a shorter competitive dance, with acrobatics and fighting movements, takes place in a subway station. Students at CCNY are shown in rehearsals and a performance of theatrical dancing. Performances of dance and music also take place at a Christmas party and a memorial.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1988

OCLC

NYPY95-F173

Title

Beat street [videorecording] / Orion Pictures ; director, Stan Lathan ; producers, Harry Belafonte and David V. Picker ; screenplay, Andy Davis, David Gilbert, and Paul Golding.

Imprint

Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, c1984.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Cast

Rae Dawn Chong (Tracy), Guy Davis (Kenny), Jon Chardiet (Ramon), Leon W. Grant (Chollie), Saundra Santiago (Carmen), Robert Taylor (Lee), and others. Performers appearing as themselves are: Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force + Shango, Tina B., Andy B. Bad, Fantastic Duo, Bernard Fowler, Grand Master Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Jazzy Jay, Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Rock Steady Crew, Richard Sisco and Wanda Dee, Brenda Starr, The System, The Treacherous Three, and Us Girls. Sarita Allen appears among the dancers in the CCNY sequences, with Hope Clarke in the acting role of the dancing instructor.

Credits

Director of photography, Tom Priestly, jr. ; choreography, Lester Wilson ; music produced by Belafonte and Arthur Baker ; story, Steven Hager ; production design, Patrizia von Brandenstein ; costumes, Kristi Zea.

Local Subject

Hip-hop.

Added Author

Chong, Rae Dawn, actor.

Davis, Guy, 1952- actor.

Chardiet, Jon, actor.

Grant, Leon W., actor.

Santiago, Saundra, performer.

Clarke, Hope, 1941- Actor

Allen, Sarita, dancer.

Bambaataa, Afrika. Performer

Fowler, Bernard. Performer

Sisco, Richard. Performer

Dee, Wanda. Performer

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, film producer.

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023. Composer

Picker, David V. Producer

Wilson, Lester, 1942?- choreographer.

Von Brandenstein, Patrizia. Designer

Zea, Kristi. Costume designer

Hager, Steven. Author

Lathan, Stan, film director.

Magnificent Force (Dance company)

New York City Breakers.

Rock Steady Crew.

System (Musical group)

Orion Pictures.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1988