PRODUCER & DIRECTOR

4 x 60” - BBC TWO & PBS

BBC STUDIOS

RTS Winner: Best Arts Documentary

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World is an incredible narrative of struggle, triumph and resistance that will be brought to life through the lens of an art form that has chronicled the emotions, experiences and expressions of Black and Brown communities for the past 50 years, narrated by Public Enemy’s frontman: Chuck D. The series includes interviews from political commentators and artists such as KRS One, DMC, Eminem, LL Cool J, Monie Love, MC Lyte, Will.i.am, Warren G and many more defining voices. 

Reviews

The Guardian **** Some of the greatest pop music ever made gets the respectful, rigorous sociological treatment it deserves – thanks to this documentary series from the Public Enemy star.

The i **** Fight The Power was fascinating. Cutting though music doc cliché, it delivered a street-level portrait of rap music’s formative decades. The opener investigated how Martin Luther King’s campaign for equality was followed in New York by “white flight”: The city was abandoned by the powers that be and Black people were left behind, too. “We saw institutions around us crumbling” said KRS-One.

Billboard: Overall, Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World, is a vital living history lesson that can’t be found in any school history books.