COMMUNITY FOLK ART CENTER'S ANNUAL CINEMATIC FESTIVAL PRESENTS
"Keepin' It Reel '08: Exploring Hip Hop"
February 14- 17, 2008
In honor of Black History Month, the Community Folk Art Center presents its annual Cinematic Festival. This year we will be exploring Hip Hop culture. Beginning Thursday, February 14 through Sunday, February 17 the festival will showcase independent works from emerging filmmakers. The festival explores such topics as misogyny in the rap world, Hip Hop in Africa, graffiti, as well as increasing popularity of Christian Hip Hop.
Our festival will begin with the screening of Byron Hurt's groundbreaking documentary, "Beyond Beats and Rhymes," which will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. That night will also be the debut of 16 year-old filmmaker Ziggy who will screen his short film "Hip Hop: My Revolution."
On Saturday, the festival will begin with a graffiti workshop for high school age students and the screening of the graffiti documentary "Rock Fresh." Following the workshop, filmmaker Dante Kaba will screen his film Mixtress X which details the experience of women deejays. The day will conclude with "The Hip Hop Project," a documentary about a group of New York City teens who utilize Hip Hop to transform their lives. We will conclude our festival on Sunday with the screening "Holy Hip Hop." This film provides an opportunity to learn more about Christian Hip Hop.
There is something for everyone! Come out and experience a festival that looks in depth at the worldwide phenomenon that is Hip Hop. The graffiti workshop is free but you must register and the cost per film is $5.00.
Keepin' It Reel 08: Exploring Hip Hop
Thursday, February 14, 2008 Beyond Beats and Rhymes 7pm
Friday, February 15, 2008 Hip Hop Colony 7pm
Saturday, February 16, 2008 Free Graffiti workshop 12 pm
Saturday, February 16, 2008 Rock Fresh 1pm
Saturday, February 16, 2008 Mixtress X 4pm
Saturday, February 16, 2008 The Hip Hop Project 7pm
Sunday, February 17, 2008 Holy Hip Hop 3pm
The Community Folk Art Center is a unit of the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. For more information, please call (315) 442-2230 or e-mail Dr. Kheli Willetts at krwillet@syr.edu.
The Community Folk Art Center's website: http://www.communityfolkartcenter.org/
Go! I can't believe I've never been here and it's so close.
1 comment:
This is a great news for the art lovers. Hope the Cinematic Festival is a huge success. Folk Art has always been a favorite of mine. I think more such events should come up to encourage art.
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