5 Sides of a Coin (2003)

Director:

Paul Kell

Writer:

Paul Kell (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Tagline:

Think Hip-Hop is Rap Music? Think Again.

Plot:

"5 Sides of a Coin" is a comprehensive overview of the worldwide cultural movement of Hip-Hop.

Plot Keywords:

Hip Hop | Social Documentary | Rap Music | Rapper | Social Commentary

Cast

A-Trak	...	Himself
Afrika Bambaataa	...	Himself
The Beat Junkies	...	Themselves
The Beatnuts	...	Themselves
Bom5	...	Himself
Common	...	Himself
The Crash Crew	...	Themselves
Craze	...	Himself
Pee Wee Dance	...	Himself
Dash167	...	Himself
De La Soul	...	Themselves
Del	...	Himself
Delta	...	Himself
Dilated Peoples	...	Themselves
Son Doobie	...	Himself
Grandmaster Flash	...	Himself
Michael Franti	...	Himself
Frosty Freeze	...	Himself
Miho Hatori	...	Herself
The Herbaliser	...	Themselves
Kool Herc	...	Himself
DJ Jazzy Jay	...	Himself
Jo-Jo	...	Himself
Jurassic 5	...	Themselves
Killa Kela	...	Himself
KRS-One	...	Himself
DJ Krush	...	Himself
Speedy Legs	...	Himself
John Lurie	...	Himself
Biz Markie	...	Himself
Mercedies Ladies	...	Themselves
Mix Master Mike	...	Himself
Dan Nakamura	...	Himself
Prince Paul	...	Himself
PeeWeeDance	...	Himself
The Pharcyde	...	Themselves
Phase2	...	Himself
DJ Q-Bert	...	Himself
Quanzilla	...	Himself
Rahzel	...	Himself
Run-D.M.C.	...	Themselves
Gil Scott-Heron	...	Himself
Scratch Perverts	...	Themselves
Skizo	...	Himself
Speedy	...	Himself
DJ Spooky	...	Himself
Lucky Strike	...	Himself
Supernatural	...	Himself
Jeru Tha Damaja	...	Himself
Grand Wizard Theodore	...	Himself
C. Delores Tucker	...	Herself
Imani Wilcox	...	Themselves
Elliot Wilson	...	Himself
X-ecutioners	...	Themselves
Quan Zilla	...	Himself

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French | Japanese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

The Anomaly Collective

Film Threat Review

5 SIDES OF A COIN by Eric Campos (2004-03-13)

2003, Un-rated, 70 Minutes,

Paul Kell explores the five basic elements of hip-hop – rap, turntablism, break-dance, human beat-box and graffiti art – providing a much needed history lesson for those who think that hip-hop is all about what's on MTV - diamonds, fast cars, thong songs…MTV is a garbage dump.

"Five Sides of a Coin," is mostly constructed of interviews with some of hip-hop's truest artists such as Qbert, Afrika Bambaataa, the X-Ecutioners, Grandmaster Flash, Rahzel and tons more. It's inspiring listening to these people talk passionately about their art, about their culture and providing the history to each of the five elements of hip-hop.

Paul Kell cuts this interview footage with classic and recent performance footage and archival photos taken throughout the evolution of hip-hop. The images flow as smooth as the beats they're cut to, making for something like a live action magazine, or a hip as fu## video textbook on hip-hop if you will, written by the masters themselves.

"Five Sides of the Coin" contains absolutely no artificial sweeteners or preservatives – no commercial hogwash. This is the real sh##.