HIP-HOP50 ATL Presents Freshest Kids: Film Screening

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Thursday, Jul 13, 2023  6:30pm - 8:30pm

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The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History and the Hip-Hop50 ATL Consortium in collaboration with the City of Atlanta’s Office of the Mayor host the second in a summer-long film screening series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. The second screening is of the B-Boy and B-Girl gem “Freshest Kids” directed by Isreal followed by a post-screening discussion led by ScrathOutLoud DJ Experience Co-founder, E. Hall.

Breaking... Born at Kool D.J. Herc's House parties in the early '70s, catapulted to a worldwide phenomenon in the '80s, and now experiencing its latest gravity-defying incarnation as a thriving underground movement, "The Freshest Kids" brings to you the illest B-Boying this planet has ever witnessed. Over two hours of hardcore breaking gives you an all-access pass to the underground world of B-Boys spanning the last 25+ years. See and hear the early history via rare archival footage and exclusive interviews with The Nigga Twins, Spy (the man with 1000 moves), Rock Steady Crew icons Crazy Legs and Ken Swift, The New York City Breakers, Mr. Wiggles, Styelements and the world's most innovative B-boys of the next generation along with hip-hop legends Kool D.J. Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, KRS-One, Mos Def and many more as they come together to reveal for the first time the most comprehensive history of B-Boying, its evolution and its place within hip-hop culture and beyond. These are The Freshest Kids and this is their story!

Post-screening Moderator, E. Hall was born in The Bronx and grew up surrounded by the origins of Hip-Hop, Graffiti, and B-Boying. He loved making tapes in his grandma's basement. His passion for Hip-Hop has never stopped. Through merging charity work and cultural events, E. Hall keeps the culture alive.