Beat Street
The movie chronicles the problems of an inner-city Puerto Rican youth who spends a good share of his time as a subway graffiti artist, and follows the staging of a huge break-dancing show.
1 January 1966, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
12 April 1975
3 December 1941, Indianola, Mississippi, USA
23 March 1941, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6 April 1958, Burbank, California, USA
10 April 1948, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
June 11, 2003
Interesting way of looking at a long-dead culture first coming to life.September 08, 2013
Like the best films of its kind, Beat Street isn't simply a glorified music video, but rather a celebration of the bond between artists and an examination of a culture that goes unappreciated and misrepresented.February 27, 2016
Holds up pretty well as one of the few hip hop musicals and a neat time capsule when hip hop was growing and still on the fringes of the mainstream.