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Los Angeles, CA -- Multi award-winning Independent Filmmaker Bob Bryan took his camera on the road (in search of Hip-Hop) to the Heartland of America. "I figured if Hip-Hop exists here, then it's pretty much everywhere! " Bryan was invited to document a historic four (4) day Hip-Hop Summer Workshop conducted at Metro High School, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa which resulted in Graffiti Verite’ 5 (GV5): The Sacred Elements of Hip-Hop.
According to Jim Jacobmeyer, Art Instructor at Metro High School. (GV5 - Jim Jacobmeyer Speaks - Breaking it Down in the Middle: Pop and Hip-Hop,)
“Hip-hop culture is alive and well in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and we invited Bob to come down to Cedar Rapids to discover how a local alternative High School was using the four (4) elements of Hip-hop to integrate the visual and performing arts into one summer program.
Our summer school workshop was inspired by Bob Bryan's first documentary on Graffiti Art called Graffiti Verite’, a collection of interviews done with West Coast Graffiti artists. The artists talked about Graffiti as being a part of a bigger culture, which included the elements of graffiti art, dance, music and poetry. We liked the idea of this mix... We knew this idea would appeal to our students!"
- Jim Jacobmeyer, Art Instructor at Metro High School
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In the just released Accolade Award-Winning documentary, Graffiti Verite’ 5 (GV5): The Sacred Elements of Hip-Hop, Bryan was able to capture the excitement of this innovative hands-on workshop. What emerges is a portrait of the educational value and liberating therapeutic power contained within the unique elements of the contemporary Hip-hop movement. Turntablism (DJing), Break-dancing, MC'ing (Rappin') and Graffiti Art are the four (4) Hip-Hop elements used in what Bryan sees as a multifaceted communications modality and dynamic educational learning system.
“I knew there was a great misconception about what Hip-Hop was really all about, partially due to the massive negative propaganda generated by the media. The public relations problem with Hip-Hop is that only the stereo- typical bling-bling, darker, sinister and negative aspects of certain outrageous lifestyles are given airplay. The beautiful positive poetry, music, dance and art of young people focusing upon identity, self-esteem, community, social issues and their future are rarely, if ever, given an opportunity to exist in the public dialogue of ideas. In GV5, I wanted to take a closer look at the facts. It turns out that the four elements of Hip-Hop, if used creatively, can give our educators an invaluable tool to bridge the communications and learning dyslexia that exist between students, educators and the 4R's. It’s time to explore this type of multi-intelligence model and integrate its positive potential usefulness into the curriculum, as a method of connecting with today's youth.”
- Bob Bryan, Director GV5 |
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"Hip-Hop High School" - The Wave Article on GV5 & Filmmaker Bob Bryan
The Gazette News Article on GV5. & The Gazette News Article, Part Two |
Graffiti Verite (GV5): The Sacred Elements of Hip-Hop
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