Any form of music that is made by nerds, for nerds, or about nerdly things. Alternative performances of race and gender in hiphop. Originally coined by mc frontalot, nerdcore is a form of hip hop with themes that touch on such nerd mainstays as science, computers and science fiction. This film premiered at the south by southwest film festival to soldout houses and critical praise and has been an. The title track nerdcore rising says so much about front himself. Mc frontalot nerdcore used to be just a madeup word mcs shied away from belief. Complete with phat no, fat specs, pocket protector, and lyrical nimbleness, front has. Trailer for nerdcore rising the documentary nerdcore rising investigates the newest, wave of hiphop, nerdcore, as it follows the godfather of the genre, mc frontalot, on his first national tour. With appearances by such nerdcore mainstays as mc frontalot and mc chris, this film offers an entertaining look at a rapidly expanding. Nerdcore rising 2008 damian hess, an exweb designer in his 30s, becomes a leading voice in nerdcore, a new form of hiphop.
Enter mc frontalot, a nerdcore rapper credited with coining the term nerdcore hip hop. Nerdcore rising, provides a public platform for selfproclaimed nerds to assert cultural power and agency through hip hop musiceven. We deliver the hits that give the kids with the spectacles. Beginning in south carolina and culminating in nerd mecca the penny arcade gaming convention in seattle masses of fans across the country come out to bask in the fronts geek glory as he strives to. In this documentary, filmmaker negin farsad explores the musical phenomenon in which rappers. Nerdcore quickly found an audience via songsharing networks and sites like flash animation repository newgrounds, with songs like. Two feature length documentaries about the world of nerdcore hip hop were completed in early 2008, nerdcore rising and nerdcore for life. The gutbusting comedy follows mc frontalot, the godfather of nerdcore on his first national tour where the.
The film premiered at the prestigious south by southwest film festival, continuing on in the festival circuit to winning audience favorite awards, the jury prize for best documentary film, and a best director award. A harmless computer science lesson could turn into the beginning of your demise as plus will diss your syllabus into a potentially damning hip hop anthem. Full of geeks and geek topics, and sporting interviews with weird al yankovic, its a worthy addition to the geekumentary family and will make you feel proud to be nerdcore. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Nerdcore rising, directed by new york filmmakers negin farsad and kimmy gatewood, follows nerdcore pioneer mc frontalot as he embarked on his first us tour in 2006. Video archive for the film nerdcore rising, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2008. Top music artist at the 2005 temecula film and music festival. Hilariously entertaining, nerdcore rising introduces a new wave of hiphop to the world called nerdcore where computer obsesses. January 16, 2008 november 8, 2015 if you want to stay out of nerdcore hip hop, steer your clear of being one of mc pluss professors.
Nerdcore could rise up it could get elevated nerdcore could rise up it could get elevated nerdcore used to be just a madeup word mcs shied away from belief, rest. Nerdcore rising, an engrossing documentary directed by negin farsad, will answer any and all questions you may have about nerdcore, a relatively new hiphop genre made by and for nerds e. That can be raunchy and ridiculous and silly, but also smart and really accomplished. Been a regular duespaying member of a revival house film club. Interview with mc frontalot, nerdcore hip hop playah. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing nerdcore rising near you. Hit wikipedia for a nerdcore hip hop history lesson. Nerdcore rising investigates the newest wave of hiphop, nerdcore, as it follows the godfather of the genre, mc frontalot, on his first national tour. This fish is killer, says a viking, having caught and prepared a bountiful mealthe words read like they shouldnt be coming from his mouth. Yeah, as you know i directed the movie nerdcore rising and kind of fell in. Patton has also performed with playwright prince gomolvilas in the underground theater duo jukebox stories, called.
Two featurelength documentaries about the world of nerdcore hip hop were completed in early 2008, nerdcore rising and nerdcore for life. And, most tellingly, this spring saw two documentaries about nerdcore screened at us film festivals. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Loxahatchee is an unincorporated community in palm beach county, united states, located in the areas north of wellington and west and northwest of royal palm beach and 17 miles west of west palm beach. Palm springs life magazine palm springs california. Nerdcore rising, directed by new york filmmakers negin farsad and kimmy gatewood, follows nerdcore pioneer mc frontalot as. The gutbusting comedy follows mc frontalot, the godfather of nerdcore on his. Although many people think the term nerdcore was made up by mc frontalot, it has in fact been in use by rock bands for many years prior to frontalots use of the term. Theres nothing exceptional about this opening scene, only the kids competent impressions of john wayne, sylvester stallone, and barry manilow, yet theres a. Negin farsad nerdcore rising investigates the newest wave of hiphop nerdcore as it follows the godfather of the genre, mc frontalot, on his first national tour. Hilariously entertaining, nerdcore rising introduces a new wave of. The rising will be the first motion picture to dramatise the heroic story of a revolution against the british empire that led to the creation of the irish republic. It was sold for the first time at the 2008 penny arcade expo in seattle. Nerdcore rising follows mc frontalot the godfather of nerdcore on his first national tour to reveal the roots of the genre, the dorky complexities of its artists, and one mcs fight for nerd stardom.
Nerdcore stylistic origins hip hop music, nerd culture cultural origins late 1990s nerd culture typical instruments vocals. Nerdcore aka geeksta rap music genres rate your music. Unlike the previous brazilian winning entry, the considerably cozier central station back in 1998, the elite. For the video game influenced metal genre that is also known as nerdcore, see nintendocore. Severed ways is a patient two hours, and it is shot in authentic, rural landscapes in newfoundland and vermont. Nielsen appeared in the 2008 independent film community college as mc lars. One marker of hyperwhiteness performed by the hyperwhite, or nerd. Nerdcore hip hop is a growing subgenre of hip hop where geeks bust rhymes about nerdy subjects.
She also completed her first feature film nerdcore rising, a ragingly hilarious comedy about nerdcore hiphop, for which she was director, producer, writer, pa, and golf caddie. Crime spree is funny as hell especially as i work in law enforcement, as is hassle. The movie, which focuses on fronts live band and the nerdcore phenomenon general, debuted at the south by southwest film festival, march 2008, and is currently distributed by virgil films bside. If you want to learn about this unusual, supremely hidden corner of americana, this is. He, along with a small crew, began working on the project in early 2006 and completed it just in time for its debut at the sxsw film festival in. Born on the internet, nerdcore hiphop is rap music made by geeks, for geeks. Nerdcore can be made in any style of music, but most people identify it in either its poppunk or hiphop forms.
Beginning in south carolina and culminating in nerd mecca the penny arcade gaming convention in seattle masses of fans across the country come out to bask in the fronts geek glory as he strives. Nerdcore rising 2008 nerdcore rising tells the tale of nerd rapper mc frontalot and his first big tour, leading up to an appearance at the penny arcade expo in seattle. Nerdcore is a musical docucomedy following nerdcore rapper mc frontalot and his band as they tour the country, cut an album, and collaborate with other nerdcore. The birth narrative of the nerdcore movement, as depicted in film documentaries. Nielsen has toured and done oneoff performances with many different bands and rappers. Nerdcore beats are almost always made on consumer grade equipment. April 17, 2008 none of this is especially new, but the band members are funny enough to keep you interested, especially if you like group wookie imitations. Do you know the difference between paul thomas anderson and paul w. Its sparse examples of dialogue are in subtitled greenlandic and emerge after several minutes of observance. The beaver trilogy begins in a setting of incontestable banality, a parking lot in salt lake city, utah, in which a young man deemed the beaver kid in the first of a triumvirate of scenarios is encountered by chance. The dvd of nerdcore rising was sold in limited release in august 2008. Frontalot, like most nerdcore artists, selfpublishes his work and has released much of it for free online. The rising film the irish film 100 years in the making. Born out of the internet, nerdcore hiphop is a genre of music created by computerobsessed geeks.
You need to pick up this movie and dive head first into nerdcore hiphop. Nerdcore rising follows mc frontalot the godfather of nerdcore on his first national tour to reveal both the roots of nerdcore hip hop. The movie is a new documentary directed by negin farsad about mc frontalot and the rapidly emerging geek hip hop. Negin is the directorproducer of the current feature film release, nerdcore rising, a comedy about nerdcore hip hop. Selfdescribed nerdcore musician mc frontalot has the earliest known recorded use of the term to describe this genre in the 2000 song nerdcore hiphop. Thanks for watching this movie and for, you know, giving a shit. Nerdcore rising a negin farsad filma vaguely qualified. Hilariously entertaining, nerdcore rising introduces a new wave of hiphop to the world called nerdcore where computer obsesses geeks bust rhymes about the hard knock life of nerdom. Nerdcore rising is a documentaryconcert film starring mc frontalot and other nerdcore hip. Nerdcore rising should be required viewing for anyone interested in social commentary. Portraying the true story of the 1916 easter rebellion in ireland, the rising will be the prequel to the historic movies michael collins starring liam neeson and the wind that shakes the barley which won the palme dor at cannes film festival in 2006.
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