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South Coast – the Brighton Hip Hop Story
By Freeride Junkie | December 2, 2008
Photo by www.darkdaze.org
‘South Coast’ is Fractured Films and Director Will Jewell’s debut feature. It all came about by accident, but that’s another story. Almost 5 years in the making, it recently won ‘Best Documentary’ in the International Film Makers’ Festival and has screened in film festivals from New York, Helsinki and Australia to Israel, Holland and, of course, the UK. The film is packed full of engaging characters and paints a quintessentially British, cheeky postcard take on hip hop a million miles from the MTV images of ghetto superstars.
Bursting with banging tunes, illuminating and often hilarious interviews, stunning breaking, graffiti pieces and live performances, the film charts the arrival of hip hop in the UK in the 1980s, the formation of home-grown Britcore crews and their success in Europe but invisibility in the UK, the dark days of rave when UK hip hop was a pariah, up to recent years where it has found a distinct English accent and bounded out of the U.S. shadow.
Featuring all 4 elements of hip hop, the film stars characters ranging from MCs Buzz, UK Beatbox champ Beardyman, Dr Syntax, Koaste, Stig of The Dump and old-skool heroes Deliverance, to DJs/producers ranging from pioneer Norman Cook, DMC champ JFB to Evil Ed, 184 and Blackgrass. There’s amazing breaking action from Battlejam featuring JP, The Floor Crusaders and Dancing Bears amongst others, whilst graf masterpieces and bolt-cutter action is served up by a whole host of writers including the Rarekind Fam, Odisy, Req1 and Taco.
Check out the trailer below.
Topics: Music | 1 Comment »
December 4th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Wow, after reading that review and watching the trailer I popped over to the “south coast” website to have a look.
Awesome stuff. Their are loads more trailers, and music by some really talented musicians. I purchased the DVD, cant wait for it to arrive in the post.
I see Stig (aka stig of the dump) is one of the guys who is interviewed during the film. He became a bit of a celebrity for completely trashing Asher D in a freestyle battle on jumpofftv (have a hunt on youtube and you’ll find it)
Looks like the scene in Brighton is alive and kicking which is always good to see. Quality music will always thrive
Martin