The Tanning of America (series)
- User score: 8
- Production country: United States of America
- Creator: Billy Corben
- Production companies: Rakontur
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 2/25/2014
- Release date of last episode: 2/28/2014
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 4
- Run time: 240 min.
Series description
VH1 teamed up with acclaimed filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman and famed author, award-winning entrepreneur, advertising executive, and record executive Steve Stoute for a 4-part documentary series based on Stoute’s best-selling book, “The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.” VH1’s “The Tanning of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop” is a thorough examination of hip-hop as a cultural movement, whose profound influence in music, film, television, fashion, business, race relations and politics eventually paved the way for the election of Barack Obama. Stoute notes, “Since its birth, hip-hop has been a reflection of black America, but never before have we seen it cast as such a far-reaching agent of political change. This film paints an entirely new picture of the impact of hip-hop culture over the last 30 years.”
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