Highly recommend seeing this film since we'll be talking about it and about Palestinian rap when we discuss Arab music in December:
Screening and Concert: Slingshot Hip Hop: Film and Music from Palestine
Monday, November 10, 2008 7:00 pm at NYU Kimmel Center, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium (4th floor).
Film:
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in the West Bank, Gaza, and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and use it to overcome various divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and separation walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them. The film was an official selection at this year's Sundance Film Festival. www.slingshothiphop.com
With live special guest performances by:
Remi Kanazi
The Mahina Movement
Abeer Al Zinati (aka Sabreena da Witch)
Award-winning film will be followed by a Q&A with director Jackie Salloum and Abeer Al Zinati.
Tickets:
NYU ID: $5 in advance (limit 2 per NYU ID), $7 day of.
Non-NYU: $12with gov't issued ID.
NYU or gov't ID required for entry.