‘Berg Holds Screening Of Hip Hop: Beyond Beats And Rhymes
Muhlenberg College will hold a screening of the film Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes on October 9. 2007, at 6:15 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Center for the Arts.Tuesday, October 2, 2007 01:59 PM
After the viewing, a post-film discussion will take place, featuring Dr. Kate Richmond of the psychology department, Damara Gonzales ’08 and Monique Ellison ’09 and moderated by Dr. Charles O. Anderson of the department of theatre and dance. This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a dessert ceremony.
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan and gender violence prevention educator, conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood. The documentary features revealing interviews about masculinity and sexism with rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and cultural commentators such as Michael Eric Dyson and Beverly Guy-Shetfall.
This event is sponsored on-campus by the Gay Straight Alliance, Black Student Association and the Multicultural Center and off-campus by GenderYOUTH Network and The Valley Gay Press.
