Title You're watching Video Music Box / directed by Nas ; produced by Peter Bittenbender [and others] ; writers, Steve Rivo, Andre Wilkins.

Publication Info.

[United States] : Showtime, [2022]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	782.42 YOU'RE	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital rdatr
	optical rdarm
	Dolby digital 5.1
	video file rdaft
	DVD video
	Motion pictures lcgft
System Details	DVD; Wide screen (1.78:1); Dolby digital 5.1.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	Title from web page.
Cast	Nas, Ralph McDaniels, 50 Cent.
Note	Wide screen (1.78:1)
Audience	Rating: TV-MA.
Summary	The untold story of the world's longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels' archives amassed over 40 nearly years reveal the show's importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.
Subject	African Americans -- Music -- Political aspects.
	African Americans -- Music -- Social aspects.
	Rap (Music)
	Reggae music.
	Popular music -- 1981-1990.
	Black people -- History.
	Race discrimination.
Genre/Form	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Nonfiction films.
	Documentary films.
	Historical films.
Added Author	Bittenbender, Peter, film producer.
	Rivo, Steve, screenwriter.
	Wilkins, Andre, screenwriter.
	Nas (Musician), film director, on-screen participant.
	McDaniels, Ralph, on-screen participant.
	50 Cent (Musician), on-screen participant.
	Showtime Networks, publisher.
Standard No.	810103681101

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