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Year |
Director |
Country |
Screening Date |
Location |
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2003 |
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi |
Cuba |
Thursday October 19 |
HHA |
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2005 |
Futuru C.L. Tsai |
Taiwan |
Thursday October 19 |
HHA |
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1995 |
Mathieu Kassovitz |
France |
Thursday October 26 |
HHA |
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2002 |
Tom Feiling |
Colombia |
Thursday November 2 |
Pending |
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2003 |
Richard Montes |
US/Mexico |
Thursday November 9 |
SUL |
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2004 |
Lisandro Perez-Rey |
Cuba |
Thursday November 9 |
Pending |
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2006 |
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Cuba |
Thursday November 16 |
Pending |
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2005 |
Michael Wanguhu |
Kenya |
Thursday November 30 |
Pending |
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1999 |
Martin Meulenberg |
Tanzania |
Thursday December 7 |
Pending |
All Screenings will be held in the Hiphop Archive (Bldg. 120) and will begin at 3PM.
Directed by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
Director Bio
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi is a graduate of Tish School of the Arts at New York University. Eli's first full-length film documentary,"Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano", premiered in Havanna, Cuba and has toured successfully across the U.S.
Synopsis
Cuban Hip Hop provides a unique insight into the realities and politics of contemporary Cuba. Experience this as Inventos follows some of the pioneers of this musical movement to their homes, the stage and as they travel abroad for the first time. Inventos embodies the true spirit of Hip Hop, which is to build something that is powerful and useful out of what is seemingly impossible.
Just as Hip Hop in the U.S. began as a form of creative self expression bringing awareness to oppressive social conditions, Cuban Hip Hop demonstrates the innovative and indestructible spirit born from a people suppressed by the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Inventos, serves as a reminder of the political consciousness through which this music was created. Thirty years after its conception, and in spite of commercialization, Hip Hop culture continues to give voice to people who refuse to be silenced, ignored and cut off from the larger society. The film shows how both cultures reflect similar social struggles and if brought together, could transcend cultural barriers and build a collective community dedicated to spreading messages of truth and empowerment globally. Jacobs-Fantauzzi's film rekindles an essence of the old school, which will inpsire and reawaken the eyes of our present generations.
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Directed by Futuru C.L. Tsai
Director Bio
Futuru C.L. Tsai is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Institute of Anthropology at Tsing Hua University.
Synopsis
Amis Hip Hop documents how a group of young Amis men in Dulan village have blended influences from contemporary social and cultural life in Taiwan with their traditional practice of ritual dance performance in the village.
When people think of Amis in Taiwan, images of colorfully dressed female dancers welcoming visitors, or else repetitive chanting in a circle dance at a harvest festival, come to mind. However, the Amis young men of Dulan village on the east coast of Taiwan have been creating a new style of performance that is still based on their traditions.
Rooted in the Amis ethos of respect for male age-grade organization, matrilineal affiliation, intimacy with the ocean, and appreciation of joking relationships, these young men also blend in elements of foreign fashion in music and dance all while keeping with traditional village aesthetics. Through their performances, they represent a new image to both locals and outsiders, and actively construct their local identity as Dulan Amis.
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Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Director Bio
Mathieu Kassovitz is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and is considered one of contemporary France's top young film talents. As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has a number of artistic and commercial successes under his belt. He wrote and directed La Haine (1995), a hugely successful film in France and internationally which won the Cesar Award for Best Film and netted Kassovitz the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He later directed Les Rivi¸res Pourpres (2000), a police detective thriller starring Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel, another massive commercial success in France, and Gothika (2003), a fantasy thriller (and commercial failure), with Halle Berry and Penˇlope Cruz. As an actor, Kassovitz is most famous outside France for his role as Nino Quincampoix in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Amˇlie. Among many other credits, he also had small roles in La Haine, Birthday Girl, Cafe Au Lait and The Fifth Element. He also played one of the main roles in Amen (2003) by Costa-Gavras and a conflicted Belgian explosives expert in Steven Spielberg's controversial 2005 film Munich, alongside Eric Bana and Geoffrey Rush.
Synopsis
Injured by a police inspector during an interrogation, Abdel is at a hospital, almost dead. In the suburbs where he lives, some riots happened during the night, and one policeman lost his gun. One of Abdel's friends, Vinz, finds it. Vinz and his two pals, Said and Hubert, have nothing to do so they try to kill time. Vinz swears that if Abdel dies, he will shoot a policeman.
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Directed by Tom Feiling
Director Bio
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Synopsis
Resistencia offers a rare look at the Hip Hop street subculture in civil war-torn Colombia, while at the same time exploring how traditional Latino music is being infiltrated by rap.
Following a summer in the lives of some of Colombia's finest rappers, DJs and break-dancers, the film explores how young Colombians feel about the crisis afflicting their country and the impact it has on their lives. Caught between left wing guerillas and right wing paramilitaries, these youths turn to rap as a way to express their points of view on the realities forced upon them by long-running violence, cultural crisis and the global cocaine trade.
Youthful and entertaining, but also angry and enlightening, Resistencia bears witness to how the Hip Hop culture has a major impact far from the "bling bling" of the U.S. music industry.
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Directed by Richard Montes
Director Bio
Not found.
Synopsis
Finally, the suppressed voices from the Latin Hip-Hop culture are heard from in this compelling Safada Y Sano Production in association with Digital Aztlan.
Voyage into hip-hopÕs best-kept secret, and observe the underground roots where it all began. Witness it pump into the pen, bleed onto the page, race through the microphone, and blast onto the stage to influence the world of music.
Capturing two generations of Latino Hip-Hoppers converse about their struggles, successes, and the art, a controversial window has been flung open with a no holds barred approach that will shock the Music Industry.
Respected by their peers, ignored by the media, meet the key figures that have revolutionized the hip-hop culture. Follow the gripping stories of true pioneers through riveting interviews, exclusive backstage footage, and dope music.
Step inside their recording studios, put on a pair of headsets, and be prepared to Pass The Mic!
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Directed by Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director Bio
Independent producer and director Lisandro Pˇrez-ReyÕs first feature length production was M‡s all‡ del mar (Beyond the Sea), which addressed the impact of the 1980 Mariel boatlift that brought 130,000 Cuban immigrants to Florida. He is a central figure in a small group of increasingly prominent independent filmmakers in Southern Florida.
Synopsis
Lisandro Perez-ReyÕs documentary follows the Cuban hip-hop collective: La Fabri-K. The film follows them from their inception in Havana to their tour of the U.S, climaxing in the show at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem where the group performs alongside hip-hop heavyweights The Roots. Their emotional journey into the heart of hip-hop performance offers a personal insight into their infectious music and their struggle to be heard, in a film that features legendary personalities such as Afrika Bamtaataa.
From AFI Film festival where the film played in Nov 2005: Blasting the screen with red-hot beats, intense musicality and sure-footed confidence, director Lisandro Pˇrez-Rey has crafted a slamming documentary about the talented hip hop artists emerging from CubaÕs rising cultural vibrancy.
Two of CubaÕs leading hip-hop groups, Obsesion and Doble Filo, have formed the collective La Fabri-K in an effort to showcase their art and to raise political consciousness. Live musicianship is central to their art, showcasing a burgeoning hip-hop scene in which traditional percussion, guitar, violin, cello, sax and piano are layered under rhymes. In the documentary, La Fabri-K travels from run-down Cuban apartments to the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem to open for the Roots and Kanye West. Creating myth and poetry from music and politics, La Fabri-K hypnotizes the audience with the rhythmÕs pull. The film demonstrates that hip-hop is a universal language, and the marginalized and oppressed will always find their voice.
Lisandro Pˇrez-Rey follows the subjects with a seamless flow of kinetic energyŃweaving together interviews, performances and day-in-the-life veritˇ footageŃcreating a vibrant and infectious documentary. With a nod to Life and Debt, La Fabri-K/The Cuban Hip Hop Factory is an evocative and riveting mosaic of Cuba and a group of friends, mentors and musicians.
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Directed by Michael Wanguhu
Director Bio
Mike Wanguhu was born and raised in Kenya. He is the cofounder of Simbafrique entertainment. His work covers a broad spectrum of entertainment including, documentaries, music videos, commercials, and parties. A graduate of New York Film School, Mike also studied graphic design and now resides in Northern California.
Synopsis
Kenyan Hip Hop was initially regarded as a passing fad. Hip Hop was eagerly dismissed by the media outlets and the general public during its shallow inception in the early ninetyÕs. Hip-hop today has firmly gained its roots in Kenya, while fusing its traditional music and drawing major influence from America. Hip Hop has found a bed in Kenya. Wanguhu explores the phenomenon of 'Genge' - a musical explosion that is re-writing the history of East Africa as an up-swell of young performers reclaim language and creativity as their own.
Like a bible or dictionary, Hip Hop forms the backbone of a society emerging out of the post-colonial soup, belted out of beat-thumping matatus, registered on the streets, understood "in the blood." The artistes featured here find their voice in a way that only compares to the Rock and Roll revolution forty years ago in the West. Wanguhu lets the practitioners speak for themselves of a Kenya that is "not just about lions, giraffes and fast-running men" but crucially about youth making "something out of nothing."
Filming the documentary in Kenya, Producer/Director Michael Wanguhu,enjoyed collaborative efforts from top-notch Kenyan producers, and reigning hip-hop acts past and present, seeking to expose a culture they have whole-heartedly embraced. The film is also punctuated with footage of engaging live concert events. Hip-Hop Colony richly ties key elements of hip hop, flexibility and talent which continue to increase its dominance around the World one colony at a time.
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Directed by Martin Meulenberg
Director Bio
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Synopsis
Hali Halisi, which means Ņthe real situationÓ in Swahili, is a documentary about rap as an alternative medium for urban youth in Tanzania and Zanzibar. This 30-minute documentary was filmed in 1999 by the Madunia Music Foundation, a non-profit non-governmental organisation based in the Netherlands that promotes African music and supports local initiatives of African musicians. The film aims to discuss the pros and cons of hip hop as an effective medium for communication and an instrument for social change, using the example of Tanzanian ŅemceesÓ (rappers) and the positive messages of their rap in Swahili to fuel the debate.
Hip hop as a social movement claims to have its historical roots in alternative politics and a voice for the oppressed; however, its reliability as a source of education and moral influence has been questioned in light of the consumerist, sexist and violent ideologues that have become associated with mainstream Western hip hop music. Hali Halisi seeks to open minds to the concept of African hip hop as a tool for youth empowerment, advocacy and awareness about issues that it considers central to urban development, such as HIV/AIDS and its stigma, poverty, unemployment, drug abuse, racism, and African history, particularly since its roots are traditionally oral. The producer of the film, Thomas Gesthuizen, who is also editor of Africanhiphop.com, perceives youth as frequently portrayed in negative roles in the media, such as child soldiers or petty thieves, thus undermining their role as agents for change in African development. Rap provides an alternative medium for communication: "Newspapers, magazines and educational radio are not always the best media, while special media for youth are scarce, too expensive, or hardly reach their audienceÉ Music gets everywhere; it is not hampered by illiteracy of the receiver or bad distribution.
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