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Script for the film Beat Street owned by DJ Kool Herc

November 30, 1984

Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A screenplay for the film “Beat Street” owned by DJ Kool Herc. Consisting of 95 pages of printed black text on white paper, the screenplay is bound by a blue spine Duo-Tang folder and has handwritten annotations in the upper right corner [205 [encircled]] and in the bottom right quadrant [1/3/84]. The title page reads: [205 / BEAT STREET / Screenplay by: Steven Hager / Revised Screenplay by: Andy Davis / David Gilbert / Paul Golding / AN ORIAN RELEASE / PRODUCED BY: Harry Belafonte / David V. Picker / DIRECTED BY: Andy Davis / Revised: November 30, 1983 / 1/3/84].

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Catalog reference: 2022.73.7

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