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Propinquity Films presents; a Dan Forrer film; written by Dan Forrer; producer, Robert Burris; produced and directed by Dan Forrer
Resource Type:
DVD Video
Creation:
2012
Distribution:
New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2013]
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Summary:
Recounts how, on the streets of the Bronx in the summer of 1973, DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from an obscure album by the Incredible Bongo Band and extended them by playing them back to back.
Contributors:
Forrer, Dan , film director, screenwriter
Burris, Bob , film producer
Simmons, Gene, 1949- , narrator
Questlove , interviewee
Grier, Rosey , interviewee
Botkin, Perry, Jr., 1933-2021 , interviewee, composer of
Incredible Bongo Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Propinquity Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
Kino Lorber, Inc. , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Alternate Titles:
Title on container: Sample this: the birth of hip hop
Subjects:
Rap (Music) — History
Incredible Bongo Band
Viner, Michael
Disc jockeys — New York (State) — New York — History
Appropriation (Arts) — History
Rap (Music)
Disc jockeys
Appropriation (Arts)
New York (State) — New York
Genres:
Documentary films
Historical films
Nonfiction films
Musical films
Feature films
Feature films — United States
History
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1), stereo.
Performers:
Cast: Narrated by Gene Simmons ; interviewees, Questlove, Rosey Grier, Karen Fawcett, Perry Botkin, Keg Johnson, Jerry Butler, Freda Payne, Mike Curb, Mike Melvoin, Mike Deasy, Bobbye Hall, Ed Greene, Jerry Scheff, Kat Hendrikse.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Philip Hurn; editor, Mike Levine ; music, Perry Botkin, Incredible Bongo Band.
General Notes:
Originally produced in 2012.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics:
plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical; stereo
Video Characteristics:
NTSC
Digital Characteristics:
video file; DVD video; region 1
Call Numbers:
SAM 2012 DVD
Other Standard Numbers:
Universal Product Code: 738329121921
Publisher Number, Kino Lorber: K1219
OCLC Numbers:
862124022