''Slingshot Hip Hop'' is a 2008
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
directed by
Jackie Reem Salloum that traces the history and development of hip hop in the
Palestinian territories
The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, namely: the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. The ...
from the time
DAM
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
pioneered the art form in the late 1990s. It braids together the stories of young Palestinian artists living in
Gaza, the
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
, and inside
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
as they discover hip hop, and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty.
Featured artists
Featuring artists;
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DAM
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
(
Tamer Nafar
Tamer Nafar ( ar, تامر النفار, he, תאמר נפאר; born June 6, 1979) is an Israeli rapper, actor, screenwriter and social activist who identifies as Palestinian. He is the leader and a founding member of DAM, the first Palestini ...
,
Suhell Nafar and Mahmoud Jreri)
*Palestinian Rapperz (
Mohammed Alfarra aka Prince Alfarra, Motaz Alhwehi aka Mezo, and Mahmoud Fayad aka Kan'aan)
*WEH Crew (Alaa Bishara, Ady Krayem and Anan Kseem)
*MWR
*
Mahmoud Shalaby Mahmoud (or Mahmud) Shalaby, or Mahmood Shalabi ( ar, محمود شلبي; he, מחמוד שלאבי or מחמוד שלבי), is an Israeli Arab actor born on July 19, 1982, in Acre. He has appeared in several films produced or co-produced in Franc ...
*Ibrahim Abu Rahala
*Female artists Arapeyat, Abeer Alzinaty, Nahwa Abed Al 'Al and Safaa Hathout.
Screenings and awards
The film premiered at the
2008 Sundance Film Festival
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival ran from January 17, 2008 to January 27 in Park City, Utah. It was the 24th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival. The opening night film was '' In Bruges'' and the closing night film was '' CSNY Déjà Vu''.
Fil ...
,
was later shown on the Sundance Channel, and has won over 13 awards. It has shown in film festivals around the world, including
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...
, ND/NF,
Stockholm International Film Festival,
Sensoria Music & Film Festival,
Bonnaroo Music Festival,
DOX BOX
DOX BOX ( ar, دوكس بوكس) is a nonprofit institution for support and training in documentary film-making. Based in Berlin since 2014, with one foot in Europe and the other in the Arab/African region, it proposes carefully designed programs ...
Syria,
Dubai International Film Festival
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ar, مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) is the leading film festival in the Arab region. The 12th edition of DIFF took place from December 9 – 16, 2015. In 2018, the DIFF announc ...
, Beirut International Film Festival,
Boston Palestine Film Festival.
In August 2008 ''Slingshot Hip Hop'' was shown to
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
youth in three of Lebanon's
Palestinian refugee camps
Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to accommodate Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA, who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian ...
:
Shatila,
Bourj al-Barajneh, and
Beddawi.
See also
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Palestinian hip hop
Palestinian hip hop reportedly started in 1998 with Tamer Nafar's group DAM. These Palestinian youth forged the new Palestinian musical subgenre, which blends Arabic melodies and hip hop beats. Lyrics are often sung in Arabic, Hebrew, English, ...
*
List of Palestinian films
An A-Z list of films produced in the State of Palestine, the Palestinian Authority and by Palestinians - either under Israeli Civil Administration and Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Numbers
*'' 3cm Less'' a.k.a. ''Ghost Hunting' ...
References
External links
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2008 films
2008 documentary films
2008 independent films
American documentary films
American independent films
Palestinian documentary films
Palestinian independent films
Palestinian music
Documentary films about hip hop music and musicians
2000s American films
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