Chali 2na Movies

A look back on 20 years of performances, artists, and behind-the-scenes stories that shaped the music festival.

From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, “Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme” captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop–the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously. Like preachers…

A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world’s best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers…

Rock the Bells is a documentary on the preparation and realization of the original Wu-Tang Clan’s final live performance. The film focuses on hip-hop concert promoter Chang Weisberg, whose Guerrilla…