Field Reports

This field report--the first in a series that the Center for Social Media will be producing in 2008--demonstrates how a social issue documentary film campaign that radiates outward from a PBS broadcast can serve as a test bed for innovations that support civic dialog and expand the spaces and practices of public media. Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a personal film that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the eyes of filmmaker Byron Hurt.