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Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity

As hip-hop music and culture continue to redefine American life, its influence exposes the high stakes of the struggle to cross or maintain the cultural divide.

Premiere Date

December 19, 2009

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Robert A. Clift

Producer/Director

Robert A. Clift is a filmmaker from Washington, D.C., whose previous film Stealing Home: The Case of Cuban Baseball appeared nationally on PBS. He is currently writing his dissertation for the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, where he also taught courses on documentary production and theory. He holds a master’s degree from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College.