Press Releases

  1. Beyond Beats and Rhymes Premieres in Spectrum Program at 2006 Sundance Film Festival

    January 18, 2006

    (San Francisco) BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture, is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “Hip-Hop Head,”…

  2. Beyond Beats and Rhymes: Director's Statement from Byron Hurt

    January 18, 2006

    About five years ago, in 2000, I was watching the rap music video countdown on BET's Rap City—one of my favorite pastimes—when I noticed that nearly every video appeared to be the same. They all featured guys throwing money at the camera, dudes in fancy cars showing off their “iced-out” jewelry and, of course, lots of barely dressed, sexually available women…

  3. Beyond Beats and Rhymes: Filmmaker Bios

    January 18, 2006

    God Bless the Child Productions, Inc. A Film by: Byron Hurt Directed and Produced by: Byron Hurt Edited and Co-Produced by: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Executive Produced by: Stanley Nelson GOD BLESS THE CHILD PRODUCTIONS, INC. is a documentary production company that creates socially relevant, cutting-edge documentary films for diverse national and…

  4. ITVS Celebrates Milestone 15th Anniversary of Service to Independent Filmmakers

    January 18, 2006

    CONTACT: Randall Cole, ITVS, 415.356.8383 ext. 254, randall_cole@itvs.org Tiffany Woolf, ITVS, 415.356.8383 ext. 250, tiffany_woolf@itvs.org Desiree Gutierrez, 415-356-8383, ext. 244,desiree_gutierrez@itvs.org AT SUNDANCE: Randall Cole, 415.425.3050 (cell) Tiffany Woolf, 917.532.3366 (cell) Desiree Gutierrez, 310-753-8503…

  5. July '64

    December 23, 2005

    Visit the program companion website CONTACTCara White, 843-881-1480, carapub@aol.comMary Lugo, 770-623-8190, lugo@negia.netRandall Cole, 415-356-8383 x254, randall_cole@itvs.orgDesiree Gutierrez, 415-356-8383 x244, desiree_gutierrez@itvs.org (San Francisco)—When Hurricane Katrina ripped the roof off New Orleans, the nation…