ROCK DANCE HISTORY: The Untold Story of Up-Rockin’ Volume One, Parts 1-6 by Jorge “PopMaster Fabel” Pabon This documentary reveals some of the untold history of one of NYC’s major urban dance forms, associated with Hip Hop, known as Rockin’ (later referred to as Up-Rockin’). Part of my inspiration for producing, recording, editing and directing this documentary was based on much controversy regarding the history of this dance form. In some cases certain Brooklyn based dancers have totally rejected any possibility of early Rock dance history from the Bronx and Manhattan. Within the past 15 years they have claimed that the dance started in Brooklyn and tried to insist that their style is the “correct” and “original” form. After many debates and valid points falling on def ears I saw the urgency to pick up my camera and seek out some of the Bronx Rock dance legends. I was determined to have their voices heard and their rightful place in Rock dance history established. The subjects in this documentary will challenge the history of Rock dance as most people know it. They will finally set the record straight regarding the true history of this amazing dance form! I’d like to thank my good friend Franc “Perico” Reyes for putting me in contact with Marine Boy who then connected me with Papo who then introduced me to Enoch. It was all a chain reaction! I plan to screen ROCK DANCE HISTORY: The Untold Story of Up-Rockin’ in it’s entirety in the near future. It will feature more …
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Henry Grahm has been one of Savannah’s most prominent bricklayers for over 40 years. So when I met Henry on the street in front of an apartment I was looking to rent (he was fixing a brick walkway) I got to chatting with him about doing a short documentary. This project was an assignmnet for my “Directing The Documentary” class at SCAD and entailed finding someone with a unique profession that is both dirty and dangerous to some extent. So after meeting Henry I thought he would be a great subject for my Documentary. He agreed with no hesitations! Unfortunatly, I don’t show much of my interview with Henry in this clip, but mostly just some b-roll I shot of him and his Grandson on the job. The full length Documentary is still a work in progress, as I was dissapointed in a few handheld shots. But rest assured, re-shoots are scheduled for Spring 2007. The haunting blues track in the film was composed by Brett “The Hitman” Barnard, Savannah’s “Best Bluesman!”