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Rap Attack (2002)
Character: Self
A documentary at the heart of French rap in 2002: its beginnings, its history, its influences. Featuring interviews, freestyles, and previously unseen live performances from French rap artists. Dance, graffiti, and DJing are explored with most of the pioneers of the movement, such as Squat, Dee Nasty, Crazy B, Lionel D, Kool Shen, DJ Mehdi… as well as Mode2 and Jon One for graffiti. The 1 hour and 20 minutes alternate between footage of concerts and artists in the studio, like DJ Pone, with commentary primarily from rappers but also from other key figures. A remarkable retrospective and work beginning with archival photos from New York.
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French Game (2019)
Character: Self
A chronological and thematic history of French rap, told through a list of 11 short films, emblematic titles from 1990 to the present day. Each episode ends with an original cover by an emerging French artist or rapper.
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IAM est de retour Dans le Club (2022)
Character: Self
The legendary Marseille group IAM unveils six new tracks on Friday in an EP entitled Second Wave. Far from the controversies around Covid-19, the group returns to music and the stage.
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RapLine (1993)
Character: Self
Between 1990 and 1993, at a time when rap was not yet on the radio in France, Olivier Cachin hosted a musical TV show on M6 called "RapLine". The show exclusively devoted to rap and other alternative music. This cult show presented all the facets of these emerging movements through interviews, lives and clips made especially for the show, around fifty clips were produced by RapLine. Another sequence of the show consisted of broadcasting new US rap clips subtitled in French.
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Hip Hop Symphonique (2016)
Character: Self
Hip Hop Symphonique is a creation by Mouv', the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Adami. It is based on a selection of ten emblematic French rap tracks from 1990 to 2015, replayed, rearranged and re-orchestrated for Symphonic Orchestra & a contemporary musical ensemble. Five emblematic groups from the French rap scene take part in this symphonically orchestrated musical show: IAM, MC SOLAAR, ARSENIK, YOUSSOUPHA, BIGFLO & OLI. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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D'IAM à Jul, Marseille capitale du rap (2020)
Character: Self
IAM, Soprano, the Fonky Family, Jul, and a dozen other rappers, composers and producers recount the genesis and blossoming of the rap movement in Marseilles, a leading musical attitude for more than 30 years in the making now.
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1992 : pourquoi les jeunes aiment le rap ? (1992)
Character: Shurik'n (rappeur)
A 1992 documentary by Paul Moreira exploring the rise of hip-hop culture in France. Following key figures like IAM, NTM, and graffiti artists, it examines rap’s social impact, its connection to youth, and the cultural movement it represents.
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