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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here (2010)
, 1h48
Directed by Casey Affleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Joaquin Phoenix, Sean Combs, Casey Affleck, Ben Stiller, Eddie Rouse, Mos Def

In 2008 while rehearsing for a charity event, actor Joaquin Phoenix, with Casey Affleck's camera watching, tells people he's quitting to pursue a career in rap music. Over the next year, we watch the actor write, rehearse, and perform to an audience. He importunes Sean Combs in hopes he'll produce the record. We see the actor in his home: he parties, smokes, bawls out his two-man entourage, talks philosophy with Affleck, and comments on celebrity. I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the documentary follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Collins Pennie, Columbus Short, Tika Sumpter, Kiely Williams, Pooch Hall, David Banner

Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
Turk's Head
Turk's Head (2010)
, 1h39
Directed by Pascal Elbé
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes La banlieue française, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Roschdy Zem, Ronit Elkabetz, Pascal Elbé, Simon Abkarian, Florence Thomassin, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié

Set amidst Marseille's immigrant suburbs, a devastating chain of events unfolds when 14-year-old Turk, Bora, hurls a Molotov cocktail at a car. The occupant is an emergency doctor who has been called out to attend to a woman with cardiac problems. Regretful, the teenager rescues the injured doctor who ends up in a coma. The saga continues with the doctor's brother seeking to find the perpetrator.
Down for Life
Down for Life (2010)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Political films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Danny Glover, Snoop Dogg, Elizabeth Peña, Laz Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Emily Rios

The film spans one day in the life of Anjelica Soto, aka “Rascal” (played by Los Angeles native Jessica Romero), a 15-year-old Latino gang leader in Watts, as she struggles to survive. Surrounded by escalating violence and racial tensions, Rascal realizes her days in the gang are numbered. Encouraged by her English teacher (Danny Glover) to apply for a writing program in Iowa, Rascal hopes to use the material from her life to write her way out of Watts. The forces around Rascal thrust her into a deadly cycle of violence that seems almost impossible to escape. To leave, she will have to make the dangerous decision to renounce her loyalty to the gang.
Big Money Rustlas
Big Money Rustlas (2010)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Jason Mewes, Bridget Powers, Brigitte Nielsen, Ron Jeremy

Sheriff Sugar Wolf (Utsler) returns to his hometown after many years to find that it has been taken over by Big Baby Chips (Bruce), a ruthless gambling tycoon who have run the downtrodden town of Mud Bug with his gang of thugs, which include Raw Stank (Jamie Madrox) and Dusty Poot (Monoxide), since killing Sugar Wolf's father, Grizzly Wolf (Ron Jeremy), and Sugar's brothers. Sugar decides to take over the position his father once held, leading Big Baby Chips to pit Sugar against a series of deadly assassins.
Bouncing Cats
Bouncing Cats (2010)
, 1h15
Directed by Nabil Elderkin
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Dance films, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Common, Mos Def

Bouncing Cats is the story of one man's attempt to create a better life for the children of Uganda using the unlikely tool of hip-hop with a focus on b-boy culture and breakdance. Abraham "Abramz" Tekya, a Ugandan b-boy and an AIDS orphan creates a free workshop teaching youth b-boy culture to 300 disenfranchised kids living in precarious conditions in Kampala in 2006, and in Gulu in North Uganda. Uganda is often referred to as one of the worst places on earth to be a child.
Ghetto Stories: The Movie
Ghetto Stories: The Movie (2010)
, 2h5
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Nicole Alexander, Paul Wall, Tyrin Turner, Mike Epps

Rival drug dealers struggle to make ends meet in the crime filled streets of Baton Rouge. Unaware that they are family, two young men from different sides of town wage a war on with each other that eventually culminates in a strong union.
Step Up 3D
Step Up 3D (2010)
, 1h48
Directed by Jon Chu
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Briana Evigan, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Keith Stallworth

The story begins in traditional video style, as several of the film's characters are recorded and asked a series of questions about why they dance. The film then cuts to Moose (Adam G. Sevani) and Camille (Alyson Stoner) who attend New York University. Moose is majoring in electrical engineering after promising his father that he would not dance anymore. While touring the campus, he sees a pair of Limited Edition Gun Metal Nike Dunks worn by Luke Katcher (Rick Malambri). Moose follows the shoes and then accidentally stumbles upon a dance battle, where he beats Kid Darkness (Daniel Campos) from the dancing crew "House of Samurai". Luke takes him back to his place, an old warehouse converted into a club. Luke shows Moose the House of Pirates, his dance crew, where he later teams up with them to compete in the World Jam dance contest against their rivals, the House of Samurai dance crew. But then, Jacob (Keith Stallworth), a member of House of Pirates, informs Luke that the warehouse will be put up for auction if the overdue rents are not made.
Times Change You
Times Change You (2010)
, 1h42
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Elyas M'Barek, Moritz Bleibtreu, Hannelore Elsner, Katja Flint, Mina Tander, Uwe Ochsenknecht

During a performance tour in Germany, Anis Ferchichi (Bushido) celebrates his birthday with his crew on the tour bus. Ferchichi gets a letter from his father. This brings back memories of his difficult childhood in Berlin which are then shown through flashbacks.
Coz Ov Moni
Coz Ov Moni (2010)
, 45minutes
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films

On a normal morning in Gbese, Accra, the FOKN BOIS (rapping duo M3NSA and Wanlov the Kubolor) wake up and plan to go clubbing with some lady friends after chasing an evasive debtor for their money. After getting the money, they set off to blow it off on food, partying and women with hilarious and dramatic consequences. While going through the day, the story highlights real struggles of ordinary young Ghanaians in modern Ghana in spite of the strong elements of humour. Their free-spirited and seemingly conceited attitude makes them a few enemies as the day progresses resulting in a dramatic ending.
Before I Self Destruct
Before I Self Destruct (2009)
, 1h30
Directed by 50 Cent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Clifton Powell, 50 Cent, Michael Wright, Treach, LoLa Monroe, Gabriel Casseus

The film is about Clarence Jenkins (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson), who lives with his mom and his gifted brother Shocka (Elijah "Strong-E" Williams). Clarence loves basketball and had dreamed on making the pros in the championship. However, due to breaking his knee in the end, his basketball career ended before it begins. Basically, he has no way to earn a living and ends up working in a supermarket where he longs after pretty girls that he feels are beyond his reach as a stock person, where he also checks out a woman named Princess (Sasha Delvalle).
Notorious
Notorious (2009)
, 2h3
Directed by George Tillman Jr., George Tillman, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Naturi Naughton, Marc John Jefferies

The film opens at a party in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 1997. Just as Biggie Smalls is about to be killed in a drive-by shooting, the film flashes back to Biggie's childhood in Brooklyn, where he (now played by his biological son Christopher Wallace, Jr.) lived during his adolescent years. Biggie, (now played by Jamal Woolard) sells drugs at the height of the crack epidemic, hustling with his friends D-Roc (Dennis L.A. White) and Lil' Cease (Marc John Jefferies).
Fish Tank
Fish Tank (2009)
, 2h4
Directed by Andrea Arnold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Dance films, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Harry Treadaway, Joanna Horton, Jason Maza

Mia Williams is a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old. She lives on an East London council estate with her single mother, Joanne, and younger sister, Tyler, and is highly antagonistic toward both of them. Mia is a loner, appearing to have had a falling out with her best friend Keely. She provokes Keely's other friends and head butts another girl when Mia criticises their dance routine. Mia regularly practises hip-hop dance alone in a deserted flat.