Verse for Verse 
| Directed by: | Cedric Hill |
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| Written by: | Cedric Hill |
| Country: | U S A |
| Created: | 2006 |
| Runtime: | 57 min. |
| Member: | To-and-Fro |
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Average rating: 5 by 2 users
Synopsis
Verse 1 is a 2 day workshop of an 8 week interactive class that places 10 young hip-hop writer/performers in a learning environment to introduce them or future their understanding of William Shakespeare. There are countless examples of blank and irregular verse in numerous rap songs. The fact that most of the persons creating this art form, are unaware of the similarities to Shakespeare and more importantly their ability to understand and learn this form of literature. The project punctuated with a life performance, involving classical and graffiti artist, a live orchestra, and DJs. The entire project will be shot as a documentary which will include personal interviews with the participants and all the people connected to them, Hip-hop stars both past and present, and educators and scholars from Newark and surrounding areas. Newark will be the backdrop for this project and the base location.
Forms: Documentary
Genres: Educational, Independent, Urban, Culture, Hip Hop
Niches: African American, Black, Hispanic, Latino, Student, Youth/Teen
Cast & Crew
Cedric Hill (Executive Producer, Director (1st Feature)), Kirk Johson (Coproducer, Producer (1st Feature)), Linda Linda Carbone (Associate Producer)
WritingCedric Hill (Writer)
Performance'Lucky' Logan P. McCoy (Supporting Actor), Dr. Clement Price (Supporting Actor)
CameraAmber Myers (Cinematographer/DP), Dustin Gaunt (Sound Mixer)
RepresentationHaasan Morse (Publicist)
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Ratings
youngnsuccessful
Informartive and educational film that will replace "blilng" and "booty" with more meaningful works of art
LuzCosta
Verse for Verse is a documentary built on the little moments that were always entertaining but, more importantly, greatly educational. This documentary could definately make 'bling', 'booty', and BET a thing of the past.
3 Comments about Verse for Verse
Jul 23, 2006 11:18AM
The concept for Verse for Verse is in a word, brilliant! Kudos to the film's producers for putting together a smart, interesting and thought provoking work of art.
The future of hip-hop is in the hands of our youth and through films like Verse for Verse, we see a sincere desire of up and coming artists to make the medium more profound and impactful.
I'm looking forward to seeing the completion of this experiment as the initial phase was most engaging.
I was impressed with the students ability to comprehend the Bard's material and intergrate it into their music.
Jun 19, 2006 05:50AM
The screening of Verse for Verse was a great success and the first step to many great things to come. I think the impact that it will have will be an "eye opening" one, and " bling" and "booty" will definantely be a thing of the past, and be replaced with more informative and meaningful forms of expression. However, BET is probably the only t.v. network that shows what the streets have to offer, now it's up to the artist to produce positive forms of art to be shown on BET.
Jun 07, 2006 07:05PM
Made it's point loud and clear, very interested to see Verse 2
Algernan
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