Almost Fly

Very nice and authentic period drama focusing on living and growing up in Germany during the ninenties. Young people from different backgrounds are discovering themselves through hip-hop, while battling with common teenage problems: educational success, self identification, relationships with the parents. Good acting and convincing visuals are bringing very warm 'feel good' vibe, although drama is present and palpable. It's remarkable that almost all of the characters are equally present in terms of picture time. Highly recommend it if you want to experience the vibe or interested in how hip-hop influenced youth during that period in Germany.

One of the best tv series this year that I found. Nice story, cool and funny characters, some decent acting. Beautiful language :) to sing or rap.

Good job! Congrats!!

It was around 1990 when I joined my first hiphop group and started rapping after falling in love with it in the years previous to that! I'm also from a small town and around the age those guys are playing. Love the atmosphere, the acting and the storyline. It reallly brought me back to those days! If you love hiphop and the 90s.... I will definitely recommend to watch this hidden gem on HBO Max! I'm from the Netherlands by the way.

For someone who grew up in Germany in the 90s, this show is more than just entertainment. It's affirming! I also found hiphop for the first time back then and it also affected me in a hugely positive way. This show not only does a great job of avoiding being campy, but is also beautifully sensitive in all the right places. The costumes, directing, set design and actor's portrayal of the attitudes of that time period are spot on. I will definitely be rewatching the first season. Not really pressed to see a second season; the first season has a nice conclusion and could live on its own for the rest of time.

I love coming of age stories if they are good and this one is definately one of the great ones out there. Six episodes were too few, I would have loved to follow the characters for much longer, so we are going for a second season. Its a heartwarming and funny story about young people in the years after the Berlin Wall came down, their family backgrounds and struggles, first love and frustration, played by talented young actors. We laughed out loud at times and enjoyed the setting in the nineties. Not sure how well this works if you don't speak German and therefore might not be able to get a feel for the time and the German-ness (in it's best sense) of this series, but my husband and I both really really loved it.