Film Forum

Charlie Ahearn is a film director, author and cultural artist. After directing other films such as Fear of Fiction and artist documentaries Ahearn co-authored book Yes Yes Y’all, released in 2002 was an oral history of the first decade of Hip Hop with many photos by Ahearn. Wild Style The Sampler by Ahearn was published in 2007 on the film's 25th anniversary. Ahearn has been producing documentaries such as Richard Hunt Sculptor 2010, Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer 2011 and Hip Hop musical shorts, his latest being All City Take It To The Bridge. Ahearn exihibited the Scratch Ecstasy Exibition at PPOW with a slide show, videos, photographs, and silkscreen paintings. Ahearn resides in New York City.