5 Sides of a Coin is a 2003 feature-length documentary by Canadian filmmaker Paul Kell about hip hop culture.
The title references the five elements inherent to this culture, viz., emceeing, deejaying, b-boying (aka breakdancing), writing (i.e., graffiti or street art), and beatboxing.
[1] Variety wrote a predominantly favorable review, commenting "Not quite definitive, "Five Sides of a Coin" is nevertheless a thorough overview of hip-hop's origins and influences.
Nifty, well-executed docu emphasizes music's creative, bohemian side, skipping more commercial excesses.
"[2] The New York Times also commented on the movie, praising Kell for the film's attention to music but also writing that "Still, you can't help but feel that something is missing, that hip-hop has been around long enough, and is complex enough, to deserve something more than piety.