American Beatboxer — official distributor trailer from ALLBLK / UMC. Executive produced by Chesney Snow.

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2013 / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

American
Beatboxer.

Chesney Snow
Executive producer & featured artist

A defining moment in American beatbox culture.

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Chesney Snow performing at a microphone beneath blue and white stage lights
CHESNEY SNOW / IN PERFORMANCEARTIST’S ARCHIVE

01 THE STORY ON SCREEN

A voice.
A community.
An art form.

Executive produced by and featuring Chesney Snow, American Beatboxer follows the first American Beatbox Championship in Brooklyn in 2010, bringing the artistry, history, and community of beatboxing to the screen.

Directed by Manauvaskar Kublall and produced by Rich McKeown, the documentary follows eight finalists while placing their performances within the history of an American art form. Snow also performs the film’s beatbox history segment, which he co-wrote with McKeown.

Executive producer · Featured artist
Chesney Snow
Director · Editor
Manauvaskar Kublall
Producer
Rich McKeown

THE PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL

Audience
Award.

Recognizing American Beatboxer.

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02 AWARDS & SELECTED FESTIVAL APPEARANCES

The festival
journey.

From a New York audience award to festival screens in Los Angeles, the film connects beatbox culture with new audiences.

2013

Harlem International Film Festival

September 13 · Hip-hop 40th-anniversary program

Festival screening

Festival record

03 CULTURAL PRESERVATION

A place in the
cultural record.

American Beatboxer is represented in archives and collections at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Harvard University, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.

The film has also brought beatboxing into educational spaces, including a screening and conversation at Harvard’s Ed Portal in 2017.

Read about the Harvard conversation

MUSIC HISTORY

Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame

Library & Archives

HIP-HOP HISTORY

Harvard
University

Hiphop Archive & Research Institute

BLACK CULTURE

Schomburg
Center

Research in Black Culture

CULTURAL MEMORY

Howard
University

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center

FILM IS PART OF A LARGER STORY

Across stages.
Across disciplines.

Explore Chesney’s work in theater, songwriting, vocal sound design, education, and community.

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Film & festival references

Explore the festival announcements, film credits, and institutional biographies behind this story.

AMERICAN BEATBOXER / THE TRAILER

Hear the energy.
Meet the community.

The official trailer from ALLBLK / UMC.
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