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Dark City Beneath the Beat

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Baltimore club music revitalizes the city's close-knit community for the arts.

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Stephen A. Russell Time Out TT is an adept filmmaker with a keen eye and ear for what makes music and the souls behind it sing, and she navigates entangled strands like a seasoned veteran. Rated: 5/5 Aug 26, 2020 Full Review Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine The dancing-filled with kicks and scissors and stepping so fast it sometimes looks like the film has been sped up-is electrifying. Rated: 3/4 Jun 15, 2020 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety "Why do we give all our time to streets that don't love us back?" one Baltimore resident asks. Dancing with a raised fist throughout, this superb documentary makes a case for the effort. May 31, 2020 Full Review Michael Cuby them. Dark City uses the ebullient sound of Baltimore’s signature club music to reinvent the narrative of its city. Sep 28, 2022 Full Review Johnny Loftus Decider Puts its viewer in a position to get lost in a flurry of peak energy dance moves. Apr 16, 2021 Full Review Alex Lines Film Inquiry Dark City Beneath the Beat is a whole-hearted, bonafide firework of a feature that acts as a necessary reminder of how important the arts, and the communal spaces that they occupy, are to our collective social and individual spirits. Sep 9, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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susan j I'd love to see this re-edited. It is way too stylistically edited with non-stop quick cuts, overdubs, nonlinearity. There's so much truly spectacular creativity and content here, but the substance is way overshadowed by style -- which is impressive in its way but ultimately skirts very close to gimmicky. The footage is astonishing, the talent is there, the history -- all good but, again. it suffers from a lack of overarching cohesion due to its manic editing. I would love to give it 4.5 or 5 because it's a gorgeous labor of love, but it's too all over the place. It should be a 5-part series, going into the facets that are merely touched on. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Between the music, fashion, dance, and energy. Dark City represents Maryland and Baltimore in an unseen bright light. Love love loved it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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TT The Artist

Director

Astrid Curet

Producer

Deniese Davis

Producer

Issa Rae

Producer

Kirby Griffin

Cinematographer

TT The Artist

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Synopsis Baltimore club music revitalizes the city's close-knit community for the arts.
Director
TT The Artist
Producer
Astrid Curet, Deniese Davis, Issa Rae
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 15, 2021
Runtime
1h 5m
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