Before Spotify killed the mixtape, Italian kids were building a revolution with two turntables and a dream.
This documentary by Paolo Fazzini revolves around the birth of italian rap music movement in early 90's.
Production
Rare archival footage of Italy's hip-hop pioneers.
Direction
Fazzini's patient, reverent treatment of forgotten voices.
Director
Paolo Fazzini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Italian hip-hop emerged from the b-boy and graffiti scenes of Rome and Milan, heavily influenced by American exports but desperate to sound local—rappers rapped in dialect, not standard Italian, infuriating purists.
Director Paolo Fazzini spent years tracking down artists who never broke through, creating an oral history that exists almost nowhere else—many subjects have since passed away or left music entirely.
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