Big Fun In The Big Town DVD ( Official Trailer)

New York, 1986: a city of big dreams and equally big problems. Like New York itself, hiphop music encompassed both of these human conditions. But hiphop and its cultural birthplace shared other important characteristics, too: the desire to always be original, a hustletosurvive ambition, and if the stars aligned the ability to come out on top, no matter what the odds. Dutch filmmaker, journalist and rap fanatic Bram Van Splunteren stepped into the city for one intense week in 1986. He was armed with five things: a camera crew, a map, a deep respect for the hiphop artform, a list of phone numbers, and a burning desire to get to the bottom of what this stillgrowing subculture was all about. By the time he left, he had the answers he needed, along with a treasure trove of golden video footage. Tragically, these images never returned from Europe, languishing in obscurity from hiphop s homeland for more than a quartercentury. Until now. Big Fun in the Big Town is about hiphop wh br, br,