Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer(2013)

movie - first aired/released 2013-08-02 - 81 min - audience 6.4

Documentary

Directed by Charlie Ahearn

Documentary following the career of Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz, who captured hip-hop in its infancy long before it became a worldwide phenomenon. His iconic images of kids sporting sneakers and savvy street style caught the essence of hip-hop as it exploded onto the streets of New York. Intimate interviews with Shabazz and hip hop pioneers explore the hundreds of individual stories and urban history behind a revolutionary cultural movement.