Official 2011 Among B-Boys Trailer #1

The first trailer for the long awaited documentary film "Among B-Boys" directed by Christopher Woon aka Paper Son, Director of Photography R.J. Lozada, Director of Art Jonathan Reinert, including artwork by Mattahan.

Featuring Bboys Villn and Mpact of Underground Flow, Sukie and Velocity/Soul Rivals, Charles of Soul Control, Vang of Among B-Boys, Airsteps, Wizardz and more!

Catch the Among B-Boys Community Tour and information on future screenings

www.amongbboys.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• among b-boys
• hmong bboys
• breakdancing
• villn
• mpact
• underground flow
• velocity
• soul rivals crew
• sukie
• air steps
• wizardz
• fresno
• merced
• sacramento
• tulsa
• long beach

[MrJohnnyYang]

what does Among Bboy mean?

[amongbboys]

@MrJohnnyYang It's a play on words with Hmong and Among, for you to take from it how you want.

among –preposition

1. in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by: He was among friends, He was among Bboys.

here's a web definition for bboy

Bboy - Someone who practices breaking or b-boying, the original hip-hop dance style, commonly known as "breakdancing." B-girl refers to a female who practices breaking, and the term breaker is gender neutral.

[MrJohnnyYang]

@amongbboys

oh aite aite..i get it know....so if your hmong and you bboy then ur consider as among bboys? or is it like a crew name?

[amongbboys]

@MrJohnnyYang it's the name of the movie... and was later adopted as the name for a Bboy jam in Fresno, now it's become a crew.

[ydeo83]

Your video is nice !

Good luck for the future !

Peace every B-BOYZ and B-BGIRLZ , all peoples oldschool newschool !

I'm Bboy from FRANCE .

Give it up for Among B-boys !

[BEATROCKER1000]

Mpact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rockpaperson]

@gEuphoria it's also just a teaser for the rest of the film.

[rockpaperson]

@gEuphoria

U.S. imperialism and the Secret War has EVERYTHING to do with it, the main reason there is Hmong in the U.S. to B-Boy? it's a Heuristic Device to make those connections for the viewer. a parody of GZA's Liquid Swords. a creation story connecting Hmong, Hip Hop, and U.S. Imperialist history

if you listen to RZA's voice after the narration, he'll tell you wassup. "n's don't know where this sh!t started, ya'll don't know where it came from. We're gonna take ya'll back to the source."

[gEuphoria]

What does the "secret war" has to do with Hmong youth participating in pop culture? If the war doesn't has any connection to Hmong "pop culture," why was the war and part of it's history emphasized in this trailer? For instance, the dialogue disconnects at 0:19 time elapsed; talks about the war should have ended before this point. I asked because I hear the speaker talking about how he got into the US and the history behind it, but what I see on screen at 0:19 should be the main focus.

[Eyesonme805]

we good but not good enough yet lol to be at battle of the year...

[luhg1]

The Hmong Liquid Swords intro was clever.

[dewndsurf]

This is great! kids that have more productive extracurriculer activites like sports, dance, anything that engages them - mind, body and soul have a much better chance of staying off the streets and negative elements and leading much more positive and productive lives!

[HellaHungAdventures]

GO MASTER BLASTER!! It's your year PAPERSON;) -Hung Be