Hip-Hop Documentary Film Festival Selections and Broadcast Audience Data

A documentary film titled 'Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes' premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It was later broadcast on PBS's Independent Lens, drawing over 1.3 million viewers, and was selected for more than 50 film festivals worldwide. The dataset likely contains information related to the film's distribution and reception.

Use Cases

• Analyzing documentary film festival circuits based on the mention of over 50 festival selections
• Studying public broadcasting audience reach based on the reported 1.3 million viewers
• Researching cultural commentary in media based on the film's title and subject matter

Strengths

• Documented audience of over 1.3 million viewers for the PBS broadcast
• Film was selected for more than 50 film festivals worldwide

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Byron Hurt, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and activist.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from film festival records and broadcast viewership data.

Time Range

Premiered in 2006; subsequent festival selections and broadcast occurred after that date.

Freshness

Last updated is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

Film festivals worldwide and a national U.S. broadcast.