Rubble Kings - a documentary about early 70s Bronx gang culture & the roots of hip hop

so fucking excited for this

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/763217113/rubble-kings-a-feature-length-documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPnBxQ3AI0A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyAiU8i6iq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPnBxQ3AI0A

If you read Can't Stop Won't Stop: The History of the Hip Hop Generation by Jeff Chang, the early parts of the book documenting this stuff, the real life gangs that inspired the Warriors, is the most fascinating stuff...the Ghetto Brothers (gang/funk band), Black Spades (which Bambaataa was the war chief and eventually spawned Zulu Nation), Seven Immortals, Savage Skulls, Savage Nomads, etc etc....

The director is using lots of footage from 80 Blocks From Tiffany's and Flyin' Cut Sleeves, but looks like he's dug up a lot of new stuff, plus tons of interviews...

This is basically the subculture that spawned hip hop and changed music forever. Super important story and super compelling....

also the director consulted a lot with King Klast who runs http://www.classicnystreetgangs.com/ here's an interview w/director and Benji from the Ghetto Brothers, who worked out the famous gang truce in NY, also Jim Carrey has signed on as producer it looks like so they should be able to have the dough to see the light of day on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gUdJgWiFI&list=PLC70261CC71CB16DA

king klast posts awesome shit like dudes getting down at an outlaws 2007 reunion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43d8prb2-28

80 Blocks From Tiffany's

annoyed that my local video store doesn't have this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDb8Nr_gVcw

yeah I know. I don't like watching movies on my computer

worth getting a chromecast or roku just to be able to flip stuff over to the TV imo

yeah we've been thinking about that

looks like it just popped up on netflix instant

ooh! thx for the tip

As rampant with crime as that time was, I think I prefer it to the tourist mecca that the city is now.

missed this until now; definitely checking it out.

this was incredible, so great to finally see the subject get the treatment it deserves - good archival footage, good interviews, and it actually ends on an upbeat/triumphal/inspiring note