--- title: The Get Down Trailer: Baz Luhrmann's Netflix Show on Hip-Hop description: The musical drama series, set in New York in 1977, chronicles the rise of hip-hop in the era of disco through the lives of Bronx teens. canonical: https://time.com/4422190/the-get-down-trailer-netflix/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-25T17:43:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:31:27.891Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch a Group of Kids Try to Become Music Legends in The Get Down og:description: The drama takes place in 1977, on the cusp of the birth of hip-hop og:url: https://time.com/4422190/the-get-down-trailer-netflix/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b984e8b58b8a0c5/69889f24fb4eac069f88e706/tgd-101-01538c1-1.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 3642 og:image:height: 2670 og:image:alt: 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Group of Kids Try to Become Music Legends in The Get Down twitter:description: The drama takes place in 1977, on the cusp of the birth of hip-hop twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b984e8b58b8a0c5/69889f24fb4eac069f88e706/tgd-101-01538c1-1.jpg?branch=production ---  # Watch a Group of Kids Try to Become Music Legends in _The Get Down_ Trailer  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 25, 2016 5:43 PM CUT  Herizen F. Guardiola, and Justice Smith in The Get Down Herizen F. Guardiola, and Justice Smith in The Get DownMyles Aronowitz—Netflix  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 25, 2016 5:43 PM CUT [_Moulin Rouge_](http://time.com/3457388/moulin-rouge-vintage-color-photos-cabaret-dancers/ "undefined") director Baz Luhrmann makes his first foray into television with [_The Get Down_](http://time.com/4169918/netflix-the-get-down-baz-luhrmann/ "undefined"). The musical drama series, set in New York in 1977, chronicles the rise of hip-hop in the era of disco. The story is told through the eyes of a group of teenagers living in the South Bronx hoping to become music legends themselves. In typical Luhrmann fashion, the show will also take on grand issues like love, the power of art and a city on the brink of collapse The series, which was created in collaboration with producers Nas and Grandmaster Flash, premieres on Netflix Aug. 12. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4422190/the-get-down-trailer-netflix/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4422190/the-get-down-trailer-netflix/"},"headline":"Watch a Group of Kids Try to Become Music Legends in The Get Down Trailer","datePublished":"2016-07-25T17:43:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:31:27.891Z","description":"The drama takes place in 1977, on the cusp of the birth of hip-hop","url":"https://time.com/4422190/the-get-down-trailer-netflix/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b984e8b58b8a0c5/69889f24fb4eac069f88e706/tgd-101-01538c1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b984e8b58b8a0c5/69889f24fb4eac069f88e706/tgd-101-01538c1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1","caption":"1","creditText":"Myles Aronowitz—Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4422190/the-get-down-trailer-netflix/","name":"Watch a Group of Kids Try to Become Music Legends in The Get Down Trailer"}}]}] ```