Wild Style

Wildstyle is considered the first successful film of the hip- hop scene. It was published in 1983 by the independent agency First Run Features, headed by Charlie Ahearn and was later released as a video film from Rhino Home Video. Among other things, Fab 5 Freddy played, " Lee" George Quinones that. Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Grandmaster Flash Rammellzee and in the film, which was internationally significant for the development of the hip- hop scene The soundtrack is still an integral part of many DJs in the scene and was often sampled (for example, in The Genesis of Nas ' first album Illmatic ).

The wild - style lettering is a work of the famous New York graffiti artist Zephyr, who also appears in a supporting role as Z · Roc.

The production of the film was made ​​possible by an initial funding of the ZDF. The idea for the film had the graffiti artist and later TV host Fab 5 Freddy.

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The film tells the story of graffiti artist Zoro (Lee Quinones ), the tensions between his art and the real life and the relationship with his girlfriend Rose. The film also documents the then nascent interest of the media and the established art scene on the hip -hop culture that had developed within the Latin and Afro-American "communities".