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There's a postage stamp of urban sidewalk known by people of a certain age for having burned to the ground. A more recent generation knows it as the place where hip hop was born. An older generation remembers the time that this turf nurtured the hot New York Latin music sound that came to be known as salsa. From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale is an hour-long documentary that tells a story about the creative life of the South Bronx, beginning with the Puerto Rican migration and the adoption of Cuban rhythms to create the New York salsa sound; continuing with the fires that destroyed the neighborhood but not the creative spirit of its people; chronicling the rise of hip hop from the ashes; and ending with reflections on the power of the neighborhood's music to ensure the survival of several generations of its residents, and, in the process, take the world's pop culture by storm.
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Featuring: Angel Rodríguez, Benny Bonilla, Bobby Sanabria, Bom 5, Carlos ''Charlie Chase'' Mandes, Clemente ''Kid Freeze'' Moreno, Curtis ''Caz'' Brown, David Gonzalez, Mr. and Mrs. Salsa, Eddie Palmieri, Emma Rodríguez, Jean Manuel Massenya, Louis Mercado, Luis ''Trace'' Otero, Luis ''Track II'' Mateo, Luis Chalusian, Orlando Marín, ''Popmaster Fabel'' Pabón, Ray Barretto, Sandra María Esteves, Tony ''Peanuts'' Aubert, Willie Colón and also Featuring Rock Steady Crew and Dnynamic Rockers
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Concise well produced documentary, does exactly what it promises. Contains rare footage of the Bronx, especially of "old school" Hip Hop era.
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4.9 out of 5 stars
7 reviews
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
SUPERB Latin Public TV doc Latin Music in the Bronx from 50s to 90s
29 Mar 2009
By Steven I. Ramm
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Format:DVD
This well-crafted hour-long documentary - produced in conjunction with NYC's City Lore project and Latino Public TV - traces the music of the South Bronx, where Puerto Ricans who emigrated from Puerto Rico to the South Bronx in the 1950s and 60s merged their music with the African-Americans who moved in during the 1970s to create the original hip-hop movement of break dancing, scratching and B Boys. The first half focuses on the Mambo legends like Tito Puente - who was a mambo dancer before he became a band leader. As we learn from the interviews, "drugs came to the Bronx in 1953. It was the beginning of the end of the community". Dance halls disappeared and gangs abounded. Finally the gangs came together with a common goal: to dance and create music all their own. There was Grandmaster Flash, and The Rock Steady Crew. DJ Charlie Chase, a Latino, tells how he started. And there's a great soundtrack to take you through the story.
As a bonus, there's 67 minutes of "bonus interviews" with folks like Eddie Palmieri, Benny Bonilla, and more.
Long before RAP as we know it today, and the whole industry run by Russell Simmons and Def Jam (the "commercial side of hip-hop") there were kids who just wanted to party and make some music. This is the best film I've seen which tells the story concisely and accurately, from the mouths of those who were there. Highly recommended!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
As a bonus, there's 67 minutes of "bonus interviews" with folks like Eddie Palmieri, Benny Bonilla, and more.
Long before RAP as we know it today, and the whole industry run by Russell Simmons and Def Jam (the "commercial side of hip-hop") there were kids who just wanted to party and make some music. This is the best film I've seen which tells the story concisely and accurately, from the mouths of those who were there. Highly recommended!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
History, politics, social commentary & music rolled into one!
13 April 2011
By D. Stephens
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I ordered this to use in my Hip Hop course and it is perfect. It provides a nice introduction to the contributions of Latinos to Hip Hop. But I appreciated the indepth discussion of the relevance of mambo and salsa. It also addresses the importance of Puerto Rican and Cuban migration- particularly focuses on Afro Cuban contributions- to the development of the South Bronx as a cultural space. This is a well done documentary that features individuals that played significant roles in mambo, salsa and Hip Hop- including musicians, dancers, politicans, former gang members, and others.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant and insightful film....
12 Jun 2012
By D. Pawl
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From Mambo to Hip Hop is a great example of superb documentary storytelling, at its best. The director, Henry Chalfant, takes great look at the changing face of the diverse South Bronx, and how it is incomparable to any other neighborhood - it is truly one of a kind. We see the up-and-coming years of the mambo, beautifully presented through interviews, grainy footage of fiery dancers, and what the dance and music truly mean to those for whom it bares special significance. We see the early break dancers, the Zulu Nation participants who first got a taste of hip hop, break dancing and record scratching in the 1970s. Deejay Charlie Chase (Wild Style) provides us with some of the strongest insight into how he broke into the record spinning role, in an African American dominated subculture, as someone of Puerto Rican descent. He decided to choose a culturally neutral name, in an effort not to alienate his audience.
I love the flavor, here, the footage, the music and how we are educated, here. I plan to visit that community, some day - good film to cut your teeth on. Brilliant, even.
I love the flavor, here, the footage, the music and how we are educated, here. I plan to visit that community, some day - good film to cut your teeth on. Brilliant, even.
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