Celebreak

The Pilot! A short Breakdancing film from the 80’s

Posted on March 30, 2009

I love the internet, even if just for the buried gems it keeps unearthing. I found this short film, The Pilot, which came out in during breakdancing’s pinnacle in 1984. Here’s the synopsis:

(1984) A young girl struggling with insecurities and being unpopular, develops an alter-ego as ‘The Pilot’, the best breaker in town. She must prove she’s got the talent if she wants respect.

There’s more film info on it’s IMDB page. Here’s the film!

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Breakdancing on Mr. Rogers

Posted on January 7, 2009

Mr. Rogers asks a b-boy to be his neighbor in 80’s breakploitation fashion:

More breakploitation - The Break Board!

Posted on December 19, 2008

More awesomely bad 80’s breakploitation: The Break Board

“Still breaking the hard way? Well have I got something for you!…”

More breakploitation from the 80’s: Vans Breakers

Posted on December 13, 2008

A few weeks ago, I wrote about breakploitation, the 80’s exploitation of the new breaking “fad” that popped up in the 80’s. I just found out that Vans had also jumped on the bandwagon, creating special breaking shoes called “Breakers”.

 

You have to love and hate this ad.  From the guy holding the boombox sideways to the tag-line “Breakers - Only for the Elite!”, this ad is another horribly awesome example of corporate monetization of breaking.