Schnitzer Cinema screening of Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer

Hosted by Dr. Andre Sirois, who teaches hip-hop culture in Cinema Studies

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s annual film series is curated by Richard Herskowitz, JSMA curator of media arts. This is years series is focused on the theme “In the Streets.”

Wednesday, November 9th
PLC 180
7 p.m.

For more information, please visit the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art website.

For over thirty years, Jamel Shabazz has documented New York street life, most famously in his legendary photographs of the early hip hop scene, collected in his book “Back in the Days.” Director Charlie Ahearn’s lively documentary gives voice and context to the evocative images created by Shabazz. The film traces his life from his army service days and his time as a corrections officer to his work as a groundbreaking photographer, capturing the pioneers of a revolutionary music and style. With interviews from Shabazz himself, hip hop historian Fred “Fab 5 Freddy” Brathwaite, legendary rapper KRS-One, and more, the film is a vibrant portrait of the origins of the origins of Hip Hop. “Charlie Ahearn captured the early days of hip hop in his classic film ‘Wild Style’, and so he is the perfect person to direct a film about another pioneering documenter of hip hop culture, the great street photographer Jamel Shabazz,” says Richard Herskowitz, JSMA curator of media arts.

The Schnitzer Cinema series is cosponsored by Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, and Department of English.