''Slingshot Hip Hop'' is a 2008

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by Jackie Reem Salloum that traces the history and development of hip hop in the

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from the time

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pioneered the art form in the late 1990s. It braids together the stories of young Palestinian artists living in

Gaza Gaza may refer to: Places Palestine * Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea ** Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip ** Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip Mandatory Palestine * Gaza Sub ...

, the

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, and inside

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as they discover hip hop, and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty.

Featured artists

Featuring artists; *

( Tamer Nafar, 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 (; or ; born 19 July 1982), is an Israeli Palestinian actor, rapper, and musician. He has acted in several films produced or co-produced in France and received the award for best male actor at the F ...

*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''. Films ...

, 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, Netherlands. Description IDFA is an independent, international meeting place for audiences ...

New Directors/New Films Festival The New Directors/New Films Festival is an annual film festival held in New York City, organized jointly by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Established in 1972, the Festival generally selects films from first-t ...

Stockholm International Film Festival The Stockholm International Film Festival () is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year since then during the second half of November, and focuses on emerging and early career fil ...

, Sensoria Music & Film Festival,

Bonnaroo Music Festival Bonnaroo (or Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival) is an American annual four-day music festival developed and founded by Superfly Presents and AC Entertainment. Bonnaroo has taken place at what is now Great Stage Park, a 700-acre (280 ha) fa ...

, DOX BOX Syria,

Dubai International Film Festival The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ) was the largest film festival in the Arab world, Arab region. With particular emphasis on showcasing Arab cinema, Arab, Asian cinema, Asian, and African cinema, it also helped to develop industry a ...

, Beirut International Film Festival,

Boston Palestine Film Festival The Boston Palestine Film Festival (BPFF) is an annual film festival held in Boston, MA that was established in 2007. The festival brings Palestine-related cinema, narratives, and culture to New England audiences with the mission to "showcase the ex ...

. In August 2008 ''Slingshot Hip Hop'' was shown to

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youth in three of Lebanon's

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: Shatila, Bourj al-Barajneh, and Beddawi.

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* * 2008 films 2008 documentary films 2008 independent films American documentary films American independent films Palestinian documentary films Palestinian independent films Documentary films about hip-hop music and musicians 2000s American films Palestinian hip-hop {{music-documentary-film-stub

Featured artists

Screenings and awards

See also

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