Beat Street - DVD - 27616884572

From All Movie Guide Jon Chardiet plays a Puerto Rican youth who targets subway walls for his graffiti renderings. For a while. it looks as though Chardiets problems will carry the plotline. but before long the films true raison detre comes to the surface. Rap-music deejay Guy Davis. in tandem with such like-minded individuals as music student Rae Dawn Chong. endeavor to stage a huge breakdancing presentation. featuring several musical artistes of the period. Harry Belafonte served as coproducer. Hal Erickson