Just to Get a Rep

Just to Get a Rep
Directed by Peter Gerard
Produced by Peter Gerard
Starring Futura 2000
Mode 2
Charlie Ahearn
Afrika Bambaataa
Chaz Bojorquez
Grandmaster Caz
Henry Chalfant
Martha Cooper
Kaves
Man One
Percee-P
Blade
Comet
Zephyr
Steven Hager
Stay High 149
Tracy 168
Music by Cousin Cole
Distributed by Accidental Media
Release dates
  • August 22, 2004
Running time
 52 minutes
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English

Just to Get a Rep is a documentary film directed by Peter Gerard. It premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2004 and played over a dozen international film festivals.[1] The film was released internationally in 2007. The film covers the history of graffiti art and its relationship with hip-hop, from 1970s New York City to the international graffiti culture in the early 2000s.

Synopsis

The film is about the origins of graffiti and hip-hop as told by some of New York's graffiti pioneers as well as contemporary artists from Europe and the US. Graffiti art as we know it today started in Philadelphia and the Bronx and became a worldwide culture when the media and art world featured graffiti and its artists in newspapers, books and movies. Just to Get a Rep examines how these influences affected the culture and married it with rap, breakdancing and DJing under the term "hip-hop" coined by Afrika Bambaataa.[2]

Release

Just to Get a Rep was premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2004[3] and played international festivals for more than two years. Just to Get a Rep was first broadcast on television in 2007.[4] After broadcasts in France, Australia and Russia and a limited DVD release in Japan, Just to Get a Rep was released via video on demand in September 2009 from the film's website with "pay-what-you-feel" pricing.[5] Peter Gerard was invited to Dok Leipzig in October 2009 to give a presentation on the "pay-what-you-feel" sales strategy.[6] The Special Edition DVD was released in March 2010 and it was added to Amazon Instant Video in early 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Maynard, Melissa (23 February 2006). "Writing on the walls". The Missourian (Columbia, Missouri). p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Accidental Media website". Accidental.tv. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mirrorball: Short Docs". The List Magazine (Edinburgh). 19 August 2004.
  4. ↑ Larrochelle, Jean-Jacques (14 January 2007). "Just to Get a Rep 20.45 FRANCE Ô". Le Monde (Paris).
  5. ↑ Miller, Hollie (December 2009). "Download & Give a Rep". Scotcampus (Glasgow).
  6. ↑ "Accidental Media News". Accidental.tv. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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