http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/pbs_ya_dont_stop_1 Last night PBS aired the documentary Hip-hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, a look at gender issues in hiphop by "former college quarterback turned activist" Byron Hurt. The film addresses sexism and homophobia in the male-dominated genre through interviews with Chuck... Copyright 2008 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:43:59 -0800 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:52:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Hurt personally presented an almost final cut of this film last year at UW's Kane Hall. It is not to be missed by any fan of hip hop or participant in today's pop culture. Big props to PBS for picking this up and giving more people a chance to see alternative voices within the hip hop community.
That being said, our local PBS affiliate, KCTS, loses many points for running this five days after it's PBS premier, at eleven on a Sunday night. I know the PBS (and Seattle) audience skews old and white, but c'mon, there are a significant number of people that KCTS has basically written off with its programming schedule.

]]> tam http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/pbs_ya_dont_stop_1#c644239 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/pbs_ya_dont_stop_1#c644239 Media Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:49:45 -0800 i hear that, tam. i was excited to see the final film (i saw a rough edit a couple of years ago), but kcts had to go and mess with the airing time. 11pm on a sunday? if that's not the ghetto of the programming schedule i don't know what is.

]]> donte http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/pbs_ya_dont_stop_1#c644423 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/02/pbs_ya_dont_stop_1#c644423 Media Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:52:51 -0800