Street Summer

1 August 2011

http://www.Channel4.com/streetsummer

This summer Channel 4 takes to the streets; from street dance, urban sport, street art and graffiti to rap/spoken word and hip hop, and featuring an all-star cast, Street Summer explores the influences that have shaped contemporary urban culture and showcases some of the most exciting British talent on the block.

Presented by Actor, DJ, MC and lifelong hip hop fan Idris Elba (The Wire, Luther) and featuring stars from both sides of the Atlantic (Snoop Dogg, Mark Ronson, Nas, Rakim, Debbie Harry, Jessie J, Chipmunk, Tinchy Stryder and N Dubz, to name just a few) How Hip Hop Changed the World counts down the defining moments of a culture that exploded out of the bad lands of 1970's New York and went on to become one of the most dominant global economic, political and social forces of our time. From the birth of turntabalism to the UK grime artists that are now conquering the world, this two hour special reveals everything you need to know about Hip Hop and beyond.

For the very first time, Concrete Circus, directed by Mike Christie (Jump London, Inside Incredible Athletes), brings together five of the world's best street sport talents and their amazing filmmakers. Their recent films have it all: beauty, danger jaw-dropping action, and - between them - nearly 50 million online views.

The season includes the television premiere of Banksy's Oscar-nominated documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop, as well as Graffiti Wars, a documentary looking at the creative tension between street art and graffiti.

Two-part series Streetdance tells the story of up-and-coming street dance crews at the Street Dance XXL UK Championship and follows the winners to New York where they face a dance battle with the best of the US.

A specially commissioned dance, film One Man Walking is a powerful and stylish collision of krump, hip hop, and parkour, set on the streets of London.

Street Summer starts on Friday 12 August and will be complemented by a range of programming on T4, More4, Film4 and 4Music.