AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER BOB BRYAN, CREATOR OF THE AWARD WINNING
HIP-HOP DOCUMENTARY SERIES GRAFFITI VERITE'

After releasing five critically acclaimed installments of the Hip-
Hop documentary series Graffiti Verite', award winning filmmaker Bob
Bryan is already hard at work putting the finishing touches on five
new films that will further explore and interpret the often
misrepresented realities of Hip-Hop culture.

While earlier volumes of Graffiti Verite' were almost exclusively
dedicated to graffiti art and the aerosol lifestyle, Bryan's most
recent film Graffiti Verite' 5: The Sacred Elements of Hip-Hop takes
us inside a Hip-Hop workshop put on by students and faculty at Metro
High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Offering a unique perspective into
the educational value of Hip-Hop, GV5 brings us face to face with an
unlikely slice of middle America while reaffirming some of Hip-Hop's
core values in what many would characterize as an improbable setting.

As Bryan aims to broaden the scope of Graffiti Verite', the
forthcoming releases in the series will explore elements of Hip-Hop
literary poetry, spoken word, MCing, DJing, break dancing and beat
boxing.

Recently we had a chance to talk to Bob about filmmaking and Hip-
Hop, among other things aimed installments of things.

Please click this link to read the interview with Filmmaker Bob Bryan:

http://riotsound.com/interviews/BobBryan/BoBBryan2006_InterviewFull.ht
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