British Beatz: K Yarwood

BRITISH BEATZ: Skinnyman + Taskforce. Check out the trailer, full lengh version (1hr 20min) OUT NOW.. PLEASE BUY ON..www.britishbeatz.com.British Beatz is fast paced documentary which covers music and lifestyle.It cuts between raw live performances in clubs and extended interviews with artists, as well as music video excerpts and interviews with “hoodie” school kids.The interviews are with music artists who are idols within youth culture. They are from poor backgrounds, council estates and social housing, but have managed to overcome many obstacles in their lives and still be successful. They talk about music and social issues such as education, sex, drugs and single parenthood: “Don’t have babies when you’re a baby.” (Chester P – Taskforce) “They say it gets easier, but it doesn’t, it just changes.” (Single parent.) This is real reality TV. The artists make radical comments on today’s society, as well as truthful statements about their lives and mistakes, in the hope that the young people who admire them will make better choices. “The positive of smoking weed is at first it’s fun. The negative is, for the rest of your life it’s not!” (Chester P – Taskforce) Many people live in fear of “hoodies”, a fear which often arises from ignorance. This documentary aims to encourage understanding of what drives these youth, who are rarely represented in the media, except in negative terms.The documentary is driven by an understanding of the powerful role music plays within youth culture, as well as the sex and drugs lifestyle which accompanies it and aims, through the words of the artists they admire, to encourage youth to think twice before jumping into situations which could affect the rest of their lives and inspire kids and give them hope.