52 Blocks: Show and Prove

IMDb 0.0 2007 • 45 min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Kamau Hunter

Country

US

Plot Summary

As beautiful and sleek as it is deadly, 52 Blocks merits special conservation efforts as the United States' only existing native martial culture, as it is indeed, the jazz of the martial arts world. Across the African diaspora, there are manifestations of African-derived warrior-dances, capoeira in brazil, mani in Cuba, ladja in Martinique, pinge in Haiti- yet the US offshoot has remained esoteric, because it was suppressed throughout slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow and then obscured in the criminal justice system. The history, interviews and training of the martial arts style that created Breakdance and boxing greats like Mike Tyson.

Top Cast

Kareem Ellington
Kareem Ellington himself
Daniel Marks
Daniel Marks himself
Devine Knowledge
Devine Knowledge himself
Reno Morales
Reno Morales himself
King Saladin
King Saladin himself