Hip-Hop and Queer America
BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES
Dir. Byron Hurt
(USA, 2005, 60 min)
In this powerful documentary, former college football star Byron Hurt examines the underpinnings of hip-hop culture, mapping its shadow side as a zone of hypermasculinity, misogyny and homophobia. With exceeding courage, Hurt plunges deep into his experience of culture and identity, detailing the cohesive voice that hip-hop music has afforded to disenfranchised urban communities, and the pained masculinity of 'gangsta rap', exhorting violence against gays and black men.
Dir. Byron Hurt
(USA, 2005, 60 min)
In this powerful documentary, former college football star Byron Hurt examines the underpinnings of hip-hop culture, mapping its shadow side as a zone of hypermasculinity, misogyny and homophobia. With exceeding courage, Hurt plunges deep into his experience of culture and identity, detailing the cohesive voice that hip-hop music has afforded to disenfranchised urban communities, and the pained masculinity of 'gangsta rap', exhorting violence against gays and black men.
QUEER NOTES
SOCE, The Elemental Wizard
(Selection of music videos)
A computer programmer on Wall Street by day.. Level 27 Hip Hop Spellcaster by night, SOCE is the Local Jewish, Gay, White MC. He has been described as the male Lil Kim and the white Eminem. His music in infused with the power of love, sex, and the no-excuses lyrics of Queer identity. The wizard has been filmed in three documentaries on gay rappers, and has been featured in MTV, VH1, Logo, HERE and in numerous German, Austrian and Swiss magazines.
SOCE, The Elemental Wizard
(Selection of music videos)
A computer programmer on Wall Street by day.. Level 27 Hip Hop Spellcaster by night, SOCE is the Local Jewish, Gay, White MC. He has been described as the male Lil Kim and the white Eminem. His music in infused with the power of love, sex, and the no-excuses lyrics of Queer identity. The wizard has been filmed in three documentaries on gay rappers, and has been featured in MTV, VH1, Logo, HERE and in numerous German, Austrian and Swiss magazines.
Director, Byron Hurt, and Hip-Hop MC singer, performer, SOCE, will be in attendance for a discussion and Q&A session with the audience. Light refreshment will be served.
FUNDED IN PART BY
WEB PARTNERS
THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.