Slingshot Hip Hop
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| Directed by | Jackie Reem Salloum |
| Produced by | Jackie Reem Salloum, Rumzi Araj, Waleed Zaiter |
| Starring | DAM, Abeer Alzinaty, PR, Mahmoud Shalabi, Arapeyat |
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| Country | Palestinian territories/Israel |
| Language | Arabic, Hebrew, English |
Slingshot Hip Hop is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum which traces the history and development of Palestinian hip hop, in the Palestinian territories from the time DAM pioneered the art form in the late 1990s. It braids together the stories of young Palestinian artists living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. Featuring artists; DAM, Palestinian Rapperz, Mahmoud Shalabi, and female artists Arapeyat and Abeer Alzinaty.
The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival,[1][2] and was later shown on the Sundance Channel[3] and has won over 13 awards.[4] It has shown in film festivals around the world including; IDFA, ND/NF, Stockholm International Film Festival, Sensoria Music & Film Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, DOX BOX Syria, Dubai International Film Festival, Beirut International Film Festival, Boston Palestine Film Festival.[5]
In August 2008 Slingshot Hip Hop was shown to Palestinian youth in three of Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps; Shatila, Bourj al-Barajneh, and Bedawi.[6]
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External links
- Official website
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