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The Box That Rocks: 30 Years of Video Music Box

Part of BAMcinématek 

Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:30pm
Post-screening discussion with Ralph McDaniels 

60min

Join Video Music Box creator and host Ralph McDaniels for a special screening of rare Video Music Box interviews and live performance highlights. Created in 1983, Video Music Box is a groundbreaking television program that ushered in the popularity and innovation of music videos. As the producer and/or director of over 400 music videos, McDaniels is a cultural pioneer whose influence is still felt throughout the music industry.

This special screening is presented by BAMcinématek in tandem with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts’ (MoCADA) exhibition The Box That Rocks: 30 Years of Video Music Box and the Rise of Hip Hop Music & Culture, curated by Dexter Wimberly, on view at March 10—May 28, 2012.

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