Slingshot Hip Hop - a documentary about Palestinian hiphop
Here’s another trailer for a Hip Hop documentary, this time coming out of Palestine instead of Pittsburgh. Slingshot HipHop is about the new Hip Hop movement coming out of Palestine over the last few years. Slightly dated (people can’t leave Gaza anymore, many of the buildings shown no longer exist, and the wall now closes the people in completely), but still looks amazing nonetheless. Will do my best to have a screening n Vancouver by the end of ‘09.
Trailer:
Clip: “Checkpoint”:
Clip from http://slingshothiphop.com/
Palestinian Hip Hop linkage:
Free the P
http://freethep.com/
Ramallah Underground
http://www.ramallahunderground.com/
Iron Sheik
http://www.ironsheik.biz/
The Nomads
http://www.thenomads.biz/
Fredwreck
http://fredwreck.com/
The Philistines
http://www.thephilistines.com/
Slingshot Hiphop
http://www.slingshothiphop.com/
ArabRappers.net
http://www.arabrappers.net/
DAM
http://www.dampalestine.com/
http://www.myspace.com/damrap
Tony Benn accuses the BBC ON AIR of capitulating to the Israeli Government by refusing to air an appeal for the Gazan people by the Disaster Emergency Commitee (DEC) he then broadcasts the Address himself much to the consternation of the interviewer!
Disaster Emergency Commitee (DEC)
Gaza Crisis
PO BOX 999
LONDON
EC3A 3AA
Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza humanitarian appeal:
Launched by UK charities on 22 January to raise money for Gaza aid relief and reconstruction
Participants: Action Aid, British Red Cross, Cafod, Care International, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision
Information on 0370 60 60 900 or at the DEC website
Im going to try and find a picture a day as much as I can - share/post them to your Facebook profile and/or website(s)!
