Netflix series explores birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx
A new Netflix series set in the Bronx held its first public showing Thursday night at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. "The Get Down" - which portrays the birth of hip-hop in New York City
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Aug 12, 2016, 7:57 PM
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A new Netflix series set in the Bronx held its first public showing Thursday night at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts.
"The Get Down" - which portrays the birth of hip-hop in New York City - is seen through the eyes of a group of scrappy, talented teens in the South Bronx in the late 1970s.
Director Baz Luhrmann says he wanted to explore how a creative idea can seemingly come from nowhere and go on to change the world.
"It led me to work with the founding fathers of hip-hop. It led me to work with writers that are here in the Bronx," said Luhrmann.
The show is available to stream today.
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