Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box (film)

Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box (2002) is a documentary directed by filmmaker Joey Garfield. With its length of 74 minutes it is the first feature documentary that entirely deals with the supject of beatboxing.

With his film Garfield retrieved and preserved one of the most valuable video clips for beatbox history. It is an excerpt of the first appearance of The Fat Boys in The Morning Show hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey in 1984, which was aired on ABC 7 / Channel 7. When Buffy was asked by Philbin, "You are the beatbox. When did you discover that you have this certain ability?" he aswered, "Seven years ago" and gave a short demonstration. The year 1977 as starting point is in accordance with his brother's statement from 2009 for the documentary "Beatboxing - The Fifth Element of Hip Hop".

As Channel 7 does not keep archives, Garfield retrieved the recording from an old, private VHS tape.

ABC 7 or Channel 7 is part of (WABC-TV), a television network for the city and state of New York.