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Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.

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P. Frank Williams

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Swirl Films,Mass Appeal

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- ♪ Scrub the ground ♪
- ♪ Scrub the ground ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

- ♪ Scrub the ground ♪ - ♪ Scrub the ground ♪

And most of us, we were born in the '90s. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

And most of us, we were born in the '90s.

We coming from the '90s - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We coming from the '90s

♪ Scrub the ground ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

♪ Scrub the ground ♪

♪ Come on, come on, shake, shake it ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

♪ Come on, come on, shake, shake it ♪

People were coming from far - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

People were coming from far

If you were a true baller, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

If you were a true baller,

People was outside they cars, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

People was outside they cars,

I don't know what heaven looks like, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

I don't know what heaven looks like,

♪ Let me see you shake it, shake it ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

♪ Let me see you shake it, shake it ♪

Black love, Black excellence.
Black enterprise. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Black love, Black excellence. Black enterprise.

Freaknik was the greatest
Black gathering in America. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Freaknik was the greatest Black gathering in America.

They didn't know
to bring order to it 'cause it was kids. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

They didn't know to bring order to it 'cause it wa...

This is when we began to see
this is not gonna last forever. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

This is when we began to see this is not gonna last forever.

It's about a breakdown in law and order. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

It's about a breakdown in law and order.

People wasn't out here
looking for no problems. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

People wasn't out here looking for no problems.

Every time somebody ran,
they ran from the police. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Every time somebody ran, they ran from the police.

- ♪ Cap D comin', Cap D comin' ♪
- ♪ Ride, ride ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

- ♪ Cap D comin', Cap D comin' ♪ - ♪ Ride, ride ♪...

So you gotta understand,
Atlanta didn't start with Freaknik. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

So you gotta understand, Atlanta didn't start with Frea...

♪ I got somethin' else to tell you
'bout the new Motown ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

♪ I got somethin' else to tell you 'bout the new M...

The police gon' look like you, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The police gon' look like you,

When you came to Atlanta, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

When you came to Atlanta,

When you look through the ranks - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

When you look through the ranks

There is a history in this country
of the establishment - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

There is a history in this country of the establishment

What Atlanta already has built into it - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

What Atlanta already has built into it

The HBCU all around the country
was a vibrant site - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The HBCU all around the country was a vibrant site

The Atlanta University Center - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The Atlanta University Center

As a Black woman, as a woman, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

As a Black woman, as a woman,

When was the last time
you saw Tony, Monique, Emma? - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

When was the last time you saw Tony, Monique, Emma?

Y'all still look the same, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Y'all still look the same,

But the thing is, is that
the way we started it - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

But the thing is, is that the way we started it

I think when people
hear the word "Freaknik," - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

I think when people hear the word "Freaknik,"

- But people did not know about the '80s.
- Yeah. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

- But people did not know about the '80s. - Yeah.

We were, we, we were getting
support from left and right - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We were, we, we were getting support from left and right

And I'm telling you, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

And I'm telling you,

...to the depth of-of a legacy
we were creating. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

...to the depth of-of a legacy we were creating.

Once you got to the AU campus, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Once you got to the AU campus,

That was the opportunity
to develop your first comradery. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

That was the opportunity to develop your first comradery.

The state clubs, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The state clubs,

The state clubs is what
drew people closer together. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The state clubs is what drew people closer together.

We wanted to provide
events that would help - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We wanted to provide events that would help

Many people couldn't afford to go home. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Many people couldn't afford to go home.

So we, you know, we decided,
"Well, hey, we're all here. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

So we, you know, we decided, "Well, hey, we're all...

We need to get together.
We need to do something." - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We need to get together. We need to do something."

In 1978, Chic debuted this song,
Chic Le Freak. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

In 1978, Chic debuted this song, Chic Le Freak.

♪ Ah, freak out ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

♪ Ah, freak out ♪

We decided on a date
for the spring picnic, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We decided on a date for the spring picnic,

And so our classmate said, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

And so our classmate said,

The title is absolutely misleading - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The title is absolutely misleading

We needed to promote it, advertise it. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We needed to promote it, advertise it.

We selected the spot for the first one. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We selected the spot for the first one.

We did a lot of work
to bring that Freaknik - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We did a lot of work to bring that Freaknik

I can remember...
gosh, reaching out for donations, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

I can remember... gosh, reaching out for donations,

We were like,
"Wow, did I do that?" - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

We were like, "Wow, did I do that?"

What started out
as a necessity for us - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

What started out as a necessity for us

There was a transition period - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

There was a transition period

But clearly this had morphed
into something far greater - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

But clearly this had morphed into something far greater

I don't know. Maybe because it's
a Black environment down here. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

I don't know. Maybe because it's a Black environme...

1980s and the early 1990s, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

1980s and the early 1990s,

The appetite for Black college culture, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The appetite for Black college culture,

Of course, Spike Lee. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Of course, Spike Lee.

But I mean I believe
that School Daze, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

But I mean I believe that School Daze,

Bobby Brown, Heavy D,
two days of nonstop music, food... - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Bobby Brown, Heavy D, two days of nonstop music, food...

What? Did she just say
she's going to Freaknik? My event? - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

What? Did she just say she's going to Freaknik? My even...

You know, that me
and my friends created in school - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

You know, that me and my friends created in school

Well, Mom was cool
until I mentioned the word "Freaknik." - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Well, Mom was cool until I mentioned the word "Freaknik...

A Different World absolutely boosted - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

A Different World absolutely boosted

As somebody that went
to a traditionally white institution, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

As somebody that went to a traditionally white institution,

HBCUs became the catalyst - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

HBCUs became the catalyst

It was organic, and that's why I think - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

It was organic, and that's why I think

So we have Black students coming in - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

So we have Black students coming in

Yo, what's up? This is Lez Moné
once again coming to you live - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Yo, what's up? This is Lez Moné once again coming to yo...

My name is Wesley Parkman
from Morehouse College, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

My name is Wesley Parkman from Morehouse College,

My brother
went to Morehouse in the '80s, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

My brother went to Morehouse in the '80s,

He just said, "Yo, spring break,
that's where you need to be." - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

He just said, "Yo, spring break, that's where you ...

I-I think initially,
when we first started it, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

I-I think initially, when we first started it,

"Now you welcome to come, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

"Now you welcome to come,

♪ Yeah ♪ - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

It was like, "I can't wait
to get older so I can try to go." - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

It was like, "I can't wait to get older so I can t...

Rest in peace, Chris Wilson. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Rest in peace, Chris Wilson.

Everybody drove
to fuckin' Freaknik. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Everybody drove to fuckin' Freaknik.

"Man, we going to Atlanta.
I ain't got no flight. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

"Man, we going to Atlanta. I ain't got no flight.

So everybody knew the assignment. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

So everybody knew the assignment.

Everybody was riding around like, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Everybody was riding around like,

You know that whole system, you know, - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

You know that whole system, you know,

So getting rims was a necessity. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

So getting rims was a necessity.

You know, we should put
the shop over there." - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

You know, we should put the shop over there."

Rim shop upstairs, studio downstairs. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

Rim shop upstairs, studio downstairs.

The Rim Shop was a rim shop
that didn't sell rims. - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

The Rim Shop was a rim shop that didn't sell rims.

It was really a meeting hole
for Black Hollywood, you know? - Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

It was really a meeting hole for Black Hollywood, you know?

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Recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage.

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Director: P. Frank Williams

Writer: N/A

Production: Swirl Films,Mass Appeal

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 5.9

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Released: 21 Mar 2024

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Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/movie/4a430eba-73a7-46fa-bc54-7ccfdbbc2e76