IN CINEMA

Friday, July 25, 2025 at 7PM

THE ROOFTOP DOCUMENTARY

Directed by Bump Anderson, 2025, 55 min.

THE ROOFTOP was a legendary roller skating rink in Harlem from 1979-1989. This is where street life, music and fashion collided and introduced themselves to the world. Owned by Harlem icons Mr. Willie and Robert “Gusto” Wells (founder of the Rucker League), The Rooftop provided a place where DJ Brucie B rocked the party each week for young music executives, fashion icons, legendary recording artists,  producers and gangsters, cooking up a gumbo of what would be later known as hip-hop culture. 

From LL Cool J to Rich Porter, Teddy Riley to DJ Hollywood, The Rooftop was a unique space for the youth of Harlem and beyond. Part one of this three-part documentary takes you on a journey on what and who ruled the '80s in Harlem and how that one spot in 155th and 8th Avenue made a world and gave that world to the world. With appearances by “The World Famous” Brucie B, Teddy Riley, Gusto Wells, Alpo Martinez, Michael “Mike Boogie” Hollingsworth, The Gucci Girls, Kevin Chiles, Reika Carter and more...The Rooftop is where that swag in hip-hop all began.

$15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price