Hip hop cinema questions

Name: Instructor`s Name Course Number 1 June 2013 Hip Hop Cinema Questions 1. Watkins alludes to the idea that Black Urban culture has played a central role in hip-hop music by the constant and consistent inclusion of factors such as the societal conflict narratives in the film. Other major characteristics are the advancement of the ghetto lifestyle as well as the glorification of crime and related criminal activities. 2. There is a striking difference between "hip-hop film" and "hip-hop in film", and in as much as it may have a little to do with semantics, the main difference often lies on the target of description. For one, hip-hop in film refers to a film that its main purpose is to portray the hip-hop culture or use the culture itself to advance the themes of the film itself. Those two factors in effect make a video or movie a hip-hop film as explained by Nelson (25). On the other hand, hip-hop in film explicitly refers to the inclusive use and portrayal of the hip-hop culture as part of the film, mo...