Tag Archives: Maysles

Film

Dir. Choke No Joke, 2009, 105 min.
A former producer of BET’s Rap City, and one-time Roc-A-Fella employee, Choke shot and compiled footage that comprised over a decade of Hip Hop industry verite including a very real Damon Dash meltdown at a Def Jam marketing meeting. Want to know why Hip Hop went from “Fight the Power” to Puff’s and Mase’s shiny suits? Some of the answer lie in I Am Choke No Joke, a truly unique and authentic document of the transition of a culture from a local phenomenon into a global brand. Also includes a treasure trove of late 90s, early 00s B-Roll from the legendary Sunday Hip Hop parties at the nightclub the Tunnel.

Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Avenue
between 127th & 128th
tel: 212 582 6050
www.mayslesinstitute.org