40 Years of BREAKIN' ft. Lucinda Dickey, Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers & Sam

To celebrate 40 years since the release of the 1984 breakdancing classics Breakin' and sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, I was honoured to interview stars Lucinda Dickey and Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers and Breakin' 2 director Sam Firstenberg.

I am a (zillennial) London-based freelance culture and entertainment journalist who was introduced to these films by my mum. We absolutely love the movies and revisit them often, so it was an absolute privilege and joy to speak to Lucinda, Boogaloo Shrimp and Sam to hear about their memories of filming the iconic movies, the lore on some of the franchise's most iconic scenes and their feelings on the legacy of these films.

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Watch my video essay on Breakin': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HzjkKZGeGo

All pictures provided courtesy of Sam Firstenberg.