Disturbing yet enthralling

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This is one of the very best docs on hip-hop to have been released in many years. It moves very fast, has great images and covers a lot of ground. What I love about it is that it brings together so many aspects of hip-hop. I can't think of another documentary that creates such a clear picture about what hip-hop really is. What is also very impressive is that it was made for so little money! I've seen almost every documentary on hip-hop that you can buy and even though this one was made for a fraction of what others were made for, this one looks as good or better. I'd really like to see the Australian version of the DVD since it has a bunch of extras that the US version doesn't. Does anybody in the US or UK know where to buy the Australian version??FULL PROPS! I'm looking forward to the filmmakers next project.

5 SIDES OF A COIN by Eric Campos (2004-03-13)2003, Un-rated, 70 Minutes, Paul Kell explores the five basic elements of hip-hop – rap, turntablism, break-dance, human beat-box and graffiti art – providing a much needed history lesson for those who think that hip-hop is all about what's on MTV - diamonds, fast cars, thong songs…MTV is a garbage dump."Five Sides of a Coin," is mostly constructed of interviews with some of hip-hop's truest artists such as Qbert, Afrika Bambaataa, the X-Ecutioners, Grandmaster Flash, Rahzel and tons more. It's inspiring listening to these people talk passionately about their art, about their culture and providing the history to each of the five elements of hip-hop.Paul Kell cuts this interview footage with classic and recent performance footage and archival photos taken throughout the evolution of hip-hop. The images flow as smooth as the beats they're cut to, making for something like a live action magazine, or a hip as fu## video textbook on hip-hop if you will, written by the masters themselves."Five Sides of the Coin" contains absolutely no artificial sweeteners or preservatives – no commercial hogwash. This is the real sh##.