So, last week I had the opportunity to check out a Sundance flick. I went to the documentary "Sling Shot Hip Hop" It followed the hip hop movement going on in Palestine. It was quite the eye-opener. These cats really threw down. It mostly followed the group DAM and P.R. It was really cool. The Palestinians really have a tough situation, they really get shit on. One of the songs by DAM has a flow about them being called terrorists in their homeland. Kinda makes you think. There are a bunch of clips of Palestinians hurling rocks and just getting slammed by Israelis. I am rather ignorant to the details of that whole conflict, but I know its not good. (anyone with info or links, please leave a comment) The interesting thing was to see their influences, guys like N.W.A., Tupac, Wu-Tang, Talib Kweli, and Public Enemy. They listened to all those guys and related to it in their own way. Thats the beauty of music. American hip hop trickles down throughout the world and now it is being reciprocated back in a new fresh angle. After the movie was over we were surprised to find that the guys from DAM and Mohammad from P.R. were there. They answered questions and did a little performance. It was pretty ill. Talking with the dudes after made me think. Those guys have been subject to and seen some pretty gnarly shit, yet they are just regular homies. Thanks bogus political battles. The guys on top really screw the rest. Anyways, it was a great documentary and the music was good, and the guys are cool and tuff. Check em out! (thanks myspace)
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Yo Chase Let me introduce you to John Pilger if you don´t know about him already. He´s an award winning journalist from Australia. He´s amazing. This is a documentary he made on Palestine and Israel called ¨Palestine is still the issue¨.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=israel%20palestine%20pilger&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gv
It is well worth 52 minutes of your life. I just watched it for the first time actually because your blog reminded me that my brother had suggested it to me. He´s the one that told me about Pilger and had me watch ¨The War on Democracy - Covert CIA Terrorism and Subversion in Latin America¨.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8028007074233952313&q=the+war+on+democracy&total=3275&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3
They´re extremely eye-opening so much so that you feel uncomfortable. A lot that he talks about condradicts what we hear in America almost daily and the natural reaction is to reject what you're hearing and seeing, and then you realize it's true.
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