Hip Hop-eration

Hip Hop-eration follows a troupe of courageous, yet cheeky, senior citizens on an extraordinary quest to perform at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas. Hip Hop-eration is a poetic feel-good documentary film that proves...

New Zealand Production

Feature 2014 Documentary 93.00 minutes

For NZFC website

Who said your grandmother couldn't be a hip hop star? These senior citizens may each be almost a century young, but for Kara, (94) Maynie, (95) and Terri, (93) the journey to Las Vegas and the World Hip Hop Dance Championships is just the beginning of a life's journey. Along with twenty-four other nonagenarians they defy the odds and hip-hop their way into the hearts and minds of thousands of young fans from around the world.

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Audience Choice Award

2014: International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA)

2015: Perth International Film Festival

Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival

One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

Tempo Dokumentärfestival

Cleveland International Film Festival

FIFO Tahiti

Big Sky Documentary Festival

Boulder International Film Festival

Planete Doc Warsaw

Marthas Vineyard Film Festival

DocAviv Israel

Baltic Sea Docs

Documentaries Against Gravity

Milwaulkee Film Festival

Filmkunstmesees

Down Under Film Festival Berlin

Helsinki International Film Festival

Nordic Docs

Calgary International Film Festival

Chargrin Documentary Film Festival

2024: Boulder International Film Festival

Directors

Bryn Evans

Producers

Paula Jones

Alex Lee

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