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Original title: Scratch
Year: 2001
Running time: 88 min.
Country: United States
Director: Doug Pray
Screenwriter: Doug Pray
Cast: Documentary
Music: Various
Cinematography: Robert Bennett
Producer: Firewalks Film, Magic Lamp, Ridgeway Entertainment
Genre: Documentary | Music Documentary. Hip Hop
Synopsis: A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers wax poetic on beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl.

Rankings Position

#51 Best Music Documentaries
#79 Best Documentaries of the 21st century
#124 Best Documentaries in the history of film

Awards: 2001: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2001: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - Documentary

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"Highly entertaining and encouraging documentary."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"Simultaneously hilarious and deeply informative thanks to the vibrant personalities at its center"

Ernest Hardy: LA Weekly
"Engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary."

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post
"Throughout, the notion that hip-hop is much more than rapping is a persistent theme, and anyone seeking a solid introduction -- or re-introduction -- to that ever vibrant culture shouldn't miss it. "

Ken Fox: TV Guide
"An illuminating and entertaining study of an underground culture that has become part of the American mainstream."

Boston Globe
"It's a documentary that invites viewers inside its story to groove along with a genre that's changing the past, present and future of contemporary music"

Neva Chonin: SFGATE

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