Slingshot Hip Hop

Produced in 2007

Film Information

Festival Edition 2008 - Edition 8

Section Competition

Director Jackie Reem Salloum

Country USA

Duration 80 mins

Language Arabic (English subtitles)

Category Feature Competition 2008

Producer Rumzi Araj, Jackie Reem Salloum, Wael Zaiter

Screenplay Jackie Reem Salloum

Cast Nashwa Abed Al, Suheil Nafar, Tamer Nafar, Mahmoud Shalabi, Mahmoud Jerri, Ana Kseeni, Eid Kryem, Safaa Hathout, Mahmoud Fayad, Alaa Bishara, Abeer al Zinati, Motaz Alhweiti, Mohamed al Farra, Ibrahim Abd Rahala

Genre Documentary

Synopsis

"Slingshot Hip Hop" braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty.

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Slingshot Hip Hop