Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap

Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap

Directed by Enrico Bisi

Produced by Zenit Arti Audiovisive, Withstand

201591 min7.7 / 10

A celebratory documentary tracing Italian rap's emergence and golden age from the 1990s through early 2000s, told through the voices of its pioneering artists.

In the eighties comes from overseas powerful, unstoppable, the wave of hip hop. Few years later the rap music begins to take roots in Italy with the firts album in 1990. Thus began a golden age that from the undergrowth of the counterculture reaches a diverse audience, passing through the masterpiece of Sangue Misto, the evergreen Kaos and Colle Der Fomento, until the commercial success of Neffa, Frankie Hi-Nrg, Sottotono, Articolo 31 and the debut of a young Fabri Fibra. Then, suddenly, the dark at the dawn of the new millenium. Why? An epic, unique season of musical creativity narrated by its big players and accompanied by the voice of a talented and renowed freestyler grown up with those great musicians: Ensi. - Written by Bisi, Enrico

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  • Is Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

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