In the summer of 2006 the San Francisco Bay Area was&nbsp;alive...&nbsp;"Just about any casual Bay Area hip-hop fan remembers 2000s touchstones like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEpAeSj504c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">stunna shades</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/lhPUi_RbFwU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thizz pills</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/xLvlGVNInw4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ghostriding the whip</a>. But the new documentary&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wewerehyphy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Were Hyphy</a>&nbsp;makes the case that the colorful, flamboyant hyphy movement meant something much deeper. For young people born in the years after the war on drugs devastated the Bay Area’s working class communities of color, going dumb was a search for a near-spiritual ecstasy—an escape from oppressive social conditions. And in a region that never quite got its shine in the mainstream music industry, hyphy became an emblem of the Bay Area’s homegrown ingenuity and countercultural spirit." - <a href="https://www.kqed.org/arts/13911492/we-were-hyphy-documentary-cinequest-laurence-madrigal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KQED</a>

We Were Hyphy

A love song to the artists, dance, music, slang, clothes and, most importantly of all, the people who came of age during the Hyphy Movement. ​ We were there, we were hyphy.

Turfin is a short documentary giving a brief glimpse into the world of the Bay Area street dance called, Turf Dancing.

Turfin

Turfin is a short documentary giving a brief glimpse into the world of the Bay Area street dance called, Turf Dancing.

We Were Hyphy Q&A

The Space Between Us, Turfin, What's a Winner, Food Broker  Doris, Into the Archives  Billy X Q&A

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We Were Hyphy & Turfin (plus Q&As)

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