Episode 113

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30th Apr 2025

Above the Rim (rebroadcast)

In honor of the NBA playoffs, here is an encore presentation of our original episode on the 1994 classic Above the Rim, starring Tupac Shakur, Duane Martin, Marlon Wayans, and Leon.

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The film's screenwriter, Barry Michael Cooper, passed away in January at the age of 66.

Credits

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMCs JB, BooGie, and DynoWright. Theme music by BooGie.

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Don't hate...meditate!

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Our next live event is on May 28: a screening of We Want the Funk, the new PBS documentary, plus panel discussion by us at the Lower Macungie Library. Free to attend, register now at the LML website. Shout out to PBS39 for their support of the event.

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About the Podcast

Hip Hop Movie Club
Harmonizing the rhythm of hip hop with the magic of movies
Upcoming Hip Hop Movie Club events:

May 28 - We Want the Funk screening and panel discussion
https://lowermaclib.org/events/#/events/DoSBjObsSa/instances/4dV6913pdF/

Jun 25 - Beat Street screening
https://www.steelstacks.org/event/16927/beat-street/

More events to be announced!

HHMC is brought to you by a trio of longtime hip hop fans: JB, an 80s and 90s nostalgia junkie, BooGie, a veteran DJ and graffiti artist, and DynoWright, podcaster and filmmaker.

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