November is Hip Hop History Month
November is Hip Hop History Month and Third World Newsreel celebrates with the release of Living the Hiplife, a music documentary about the influence of hip hop in the music scene in Accra, Ghana.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SCREENING THIS COPY AT AN UPCOMING FILM FESTIVAL CONTACT THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL AT twn@twn.com or call 212-947-9277
NEW Living the Hiplife Available on DVD
This film is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop, in Accra, Ghana. Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business. With humor and personality these characters move across the political and musical landscape of urban Ghana.
"...cleverly portrays contemporary West African expressive culture. It is especially important because it shows the importance of Pan-Africanism and African Diasporic artistic and political connections to people in Africa."--Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Author
"...thoughtful and visually exciting at the same time. It is a musical documentary that gives a powerful sense of life in contemporary Africa."--John Akomfrah, Filmmaker and founder of Black Audio Collective, Smoking Dogs Films Founder of Black Audio Collective
Third World Newreel
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SCREENING THIS COPY AT AN UPCOMING FILM FESTIVAL CONTACT THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL AT twn@twn.com or call 212-947-9277
NEW Living the Hiplife Available on DVD
This film is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop, in Accra, Ghana. Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews and the daily lives of rap artists. We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business. With humor and personality these characters move across the political and musical landscape of urban Ghana.
"...cleverly portrays contemporary West African expressive culture. It is especially important because it shows the importance of Pan-Africanism and African Diasporic artistic and political connections to people in Africa."--Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Author
"...thoughtful and visually exciting at the same time. It is a musical documentary that gives a powerful sense of life in contemporary Africa."--John Akomfrah, Filmmaker and founder of Black Audio Collective, Smoking Dogs Films Founder of Black Audio Collective
Third World Newreel
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