You Had To Be There

Producer and director Julia Thompson goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell's Back to School Jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx on August 11, 1973—a moment that is commonly known as the birth of hip-hop.

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CREDITS

'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

'DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of Hip Hop’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edited by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to Carey Clark, BG183, Chris Carr, and Dan Runcie.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Producer and director Julia Thompson embarks on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who attended the midnight premiere of The Blair Witch Project at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 1999.

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CREDITS

'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

'The Blair Witch Project Premieres at Sundance Film Festival in 1999’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edited by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Apple's introduction of the Macintosh computer by Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984.

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'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

‘Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh in 1984’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edited by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Nirvana's iconic performance on MTV Unplugged in New York City on November 18, 1993.

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'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

‘Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edited by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to Lisa Hackett.

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Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to the legendary 2008 Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal—a match widely hailed as the greatest in tennis history.

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'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

‘2008 Wimbledon Final: Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edited by Julia Thompson

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to Tamzin Aitken.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Kerri Strug's gold medal-winning vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

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'You Had To Be There' is a Hi Barr production.

Created by Hi Barr.

‘1996 Summer Olympics: Kerri Strug Wins Gold’ was written and hosted by Julia Thompson.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Former professional skateboarder and filmmaker Monihan Monihan goes on a 48-hour journey from Seattle to Kathmandu to find and interview someone who was at the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship game featuring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

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You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production. 

Created by Hi Barr.

“1979 NCAA Championship: Bird vs. Magic” was written and hosted by Monihan Monihan.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Story Produced by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix, and Engineering by Teeny Lieberson.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop.

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Artist, actor, writer and musician, River Ramirez goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at WrestleMania I in 1985.

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You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr production. 

Created by Hi Barr.

“WrestleMania I” was hosted by River Ramirez.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Story written and produced by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Vishal Nayak.

Original score by Vishal Nayak.   

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop. 

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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River L. Ramirez is an NYC based experimental comedian and multidisciplinary artist working in the mediums of film, writing, visual art and music. Their work has been written about in MOMA magazine, NYT, Forbes, Art in America, SSENSE, and GQ. They teach a class called "How To Be In Front Of People '' at the Brick Aux and just released a single called " i remember " off their new EP: GIVING. You can also find them in Julio Torres's PROBLEMISTA out March 1st, in theatres everywhere March 22nd.

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Journalist and writer, Brandon Sneed goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at the final tribal council in the first season of the blockbuster reality show Survivor in the summer of 2000. This episode features an interview with Survivor: Borneo winner Richard Hatch.

‘You Had To Be There’ is a Hi Barr production. 

Created by Hi Barr.

‘Survivor: Borneo Finale’ was written and hosted by Brandon Sneed.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Story Produced by Julia Thompson. 

Edit, Sound Mix, and engineering by Teeny Lieberson.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork by Dylan Lathrop. 

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

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Musician and artist Jen Goma goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in one of the hotel suites during one of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Bed-Ins for Peace in 1969.

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‘You Had To Be There’ is a Hi Barr production. 

Created by Hi Barr.

“John Lennon + Yoko Ono: Bed-ins for Peace” was written & hosted by Jen Goma.

Produced by Julia Thompson and Web Barr.

Story Produced by Julia Thompson.

Edit, Sound Mix and engineering by Teeny Lieberson.

Original score by Teeny Lieberson.  

Artwork created by Dylan Lathrop. 

Special Thanks to:

Special thanks to our parents, friends and chosen family. And most importantly, thank you to the artists who’ve inspired us because they had to do it.

Correction: Betta de Boer van der Kolk (and not Betta de Oer) is helping to translate the interview with Nico Koster.

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