Multi award-winning Independent filmmaker Bob Bryan took his camera on the road (in search of Hip-Hop) to the Heartland of America. “I figured if Hip-Hop exists here, then it’s pretty much everywhere! ” Bob was invited to document a historic four (4) day Hip-Hop Summer Workshop conducted at Metro High School, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa which resulted in Graffiti Verite’ 5 (GV5): The Sacred Elements of Hip-Hop. According to Jim Jacobmeyer, (Art Instructor at Metro High School GV5 – Jim Jacobmeyer Speaks – Breaking it Down in the Middle: Pop and Hip-Hop), Hip-hop culture is alive and well in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and we invited Bob to come down to Cedar Rapids to discover how a local alternative High School was using the four (4) elements of Hip-hop to integrate the visual and performing arts into one summer program. “Our summer school workshop was inspired by Bob Bryan’s first documentary on Graffiti Art called Graffiti Verite’, a collection of interviews done with West Coast Graffiti artists. The artists talked about Graffiti as being a part of a bigger culture, which included the elements of graffiti art, dance, music and poetry. We liked the idea of this mix. We knew this idea would appeal to our students.” – Jim Jacobmeyer, Art Instructor at Metro High School In the just released Accolade Award-Winning documentary Graffiti Verite’ 5 (GV5): The Sacred Elements of Hip-Hop Bob was able to capture the excitement of this innovative hands-on workshop. What emerges is a portrait of …