Topic: Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival Touches Down April 27-April 30
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“Dead Prez : It's Bigger Than Hip Hop†will make its theatrical debut at the 2006 Atlanta HipHop Film Festival Film Screenings which will be held at the Carter Center on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 2:30PM. The film will premier exclusively on Starz InBlack June 9 th at 10:00 PM EST. ($5.00 ENTRY FEE APPLIES FOR THIS FILM ONLY)
Title: Dead Prez : It's Bigger Than Hip Hop
Director: John Threat
Synopsis: Dead Prez , one of the nation's preeminent underground hip-hop groups, performs in the band's first filmed concert special. “Dead Prez : It's Bigger than Hip-Hop†spotlights the people on the frontlines of a movement to reclaim hip hop culture from its bling infatuation. This one-hour original feature includes a never-before-seen live concert, including tracks like “I'm an Africanâ€, “Turn off the Radioâ€, and “Hell Yeahâ€, plus intimate interviews with Dead Prez members M-1 and stic.man , who discuss such topics as world politics, urban poverty, Black pride, the current state of hip-hop music and how it can be reclaimed to aid the movement.
“Dead Prez : It's Bigger Than Hip Hop†also features insights into the band and their movement from political activists, historians, and other hip hop artists. Experience a viewpoint outside the mainstream as these uncompromising musicians resound the cries for change that have fallen on deaf ears for far too long.
Credits :
Written and Produced by Curtis Forristal
Executive Producer: Ellen Rudolph Mednick
Executive in Charge of Production: David Charmatz
Title: K.O.S.
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 10:01AM
Written and Directed by : Jamaal Footman
Synopsis: K.O.S. is a story about two people isolate by their knowledge of the world and themselves who find one another through their mutual interest in similar literature.
Title: Scene Not Heard
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 10:15AM
Directed and Produced by : Maori Karmael Holmes
Runtime: 45min.
Synopsis: Philadelphia is often referred to as the mecca for American soul
music, however its contribution have been overlooked despite its mass
proliferation of artists, many of whom have made landmark contributions as emcees, graffiti artists, dancers, and most notable as deejays.
Scene Not Heard features interviews with some of the originators of hip-hop such as Lady B, Schoolly D and Rennie Harris, with vanguards chiming in including Bahamadia and Ursula Rucker, and presents current talents such as the Jazzyfatnastees, Ms. Jade, and Lady Alma, and emerging talents such as Versus, Keen of Subliminal Orphans and and Michele Byrd-McPhee of Montäzh, as well as scholars, critics and local promoters.
Title: Rhyme Spitters
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 11:10AM
Directed by : Thomas Horne and Rich Seng
Produced by: Rich Seng
Runtime: 5 min.
Synopsis: This frenetic documentary follows a freestyle battle rap tournament held
in Chicago's Wicker Park in the summer of 2004. In the energetic
competition , 64 Chicago MC's try to out-rap one another for a $1,000 cash prize . Rhyme Spitters combines interviews with competitors, footage of spontaneous sidewalk altercations and debates between judges and, of
course , plenty of battle scenes full of uncensored diatribes and witty
zingers.
Title: Starvin
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 12:37 PM
Directed by : Scott & Ryan Thiel
Synopsis: Soon To Be Announced
Title: Representando
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 1:14 PM
Director: Antonio Jose Guzman and Patricia Lesage, NL 2005,
Runtime: 50 minutes
Synopsis: A poetic journey into Latin American Hip-Hop. In the last decade the Hip Hop scene in Cuba has grown spectacularly, now there are over 500 bands in the Caribbean Island . These groups are mainly formed by Afro Cubans from the capital Havana . The Cuban government initially censured rap music but with its growing importance felt obligated to approve it. A lot of the lyrics describe the discrimination that the Afro Cuban community faces, the difficult economic situation, the police brutality, the 40 years U.S. embargo, and the history of the African Diaspora. Cuban Hip hop has been of enormous importance for Cuba and the Latin America music scene. Its impact on other parts of the world will surly increase over the next few years. Production: Guzman, Lesage, Miki Flow Production Countries: Cuba - Panama - Netherlands - Portugal
Title: Sisterz of Underground
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 2:16 PM
Director: Karl Lind
Runtime: 5 min.
Synopsis: A short documentary by Karl Lind of In The Can Productions featuring the Sisterz of the Underground's Extra Credit Cru, an all female breakdancing collective from SF, CA. Sisterz of the Underground is a collective of female expressionists who are building a Hip Hop community in San Francisco and world wide.
Title: Exposing Headshots – Hip Hop Below Zero Degrees
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 2:32 PM
Produced, Directed and Edited by : Austyn Steelman
Runtime: 45 minutes
Synopsis: Exposing Headshots is the story of Rhymesayers Entertainment, a Minneapolis based independent hip hop label. Through these main narrators we learn about the rich universe of Minneapolis hip hop that has fostered their now internationally recognized hip hop label. The stories offered by each narrator give insight into how the Rhymesayers style, though ever evolving and undefined, has developed out of their long standing relationships and collaborations. Because Rhymesayers is based in a community that is isolated from the main veins of the musical industry, not to mention a state that experiences one of the most brutal winters in the US, their crew has a unique style to contribute to the hip hop culture that will definitely be recorded as an important part of hip hop history.
Title: Who Is Jeff Stephens
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 3:37 PM
Directed by : Jeff Stephens
Synopsis: Soon To Be Announced
Title: APT36D is Michael's Place
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 4:01 PM
Director: Christopher “Play†Martin
Runtime: 32:03:08
Synopsis: Inspired by the Director / Producer's 1995 divorce and major depression with the true testimonies of Rev. Carl Kenney, Security expert Joseph Bushfan, T.R.O.S.A. Account manager Michael Keene and Resident manager Randy Garcia. The 34 minute docu-drama is about Michael Scott and his painful journey and coming of ones self. Michael (Christopher "Play" Martin / Kid N Play) once lived the life of a king with a awesome home, great wealth and a beautiful wife name Karen (Cheryl "Salt" Wray / Salt N Pepa), but now he's a addict and lives in a abandoned and condemned building in Apt.36D AKA Hell.
Trying to work up the courage through various drugs and alcohol to commit suicide, visually we join him through a marathon of hazy flashbacks of when life was good. He struggles and is tortured with the haunting memories of his life with Karen and demands to know "What happened and why did she leave?". To question ignites a conversation with a unique individual from his past and then the real story begins!
Title: @#%$ Block
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 4:44 PM
Director: Raymond Lynch
Synopsis: The @#%$ Block Video by Renny Rugah Is Hip Hop in its rawest origin. Him and his entourage invade the traditional initiation site for local gangs and crews in the neighborhood ,located at an abandoned church in Freeport long Island. Renny wanted to capture the style and feeling of his sound in a visual concept of reality in his hood. Cameos of the notorious ?hustlers corner store? and even segments in his own run down backyard during a scalding summer heat wave display the message of what its really like to work with what you have but make it happen all in one shot. Directed by Raymond C. Lynch and Renny Rugah @#%$ Block is surely eye candy for ghetto love Hip Hop.
Title: Just To Get Rep
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 4:58 PM
Synopsis: More than thirty years ago, the youth of New York 's neglected neighborhoods started a revolution by spray-painting their names on subway trains. Just to Get a Rep follows the explosion of aerosol art worldwide and rigorously examines the love-hate relationship between graffiti and hip-hop. Hear the true story of aerosol art as told by New York 's pioneers as well as today's innovators from all over the world.
Title: Hip Hop Resurrection: From NY to New Zealand
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 6:01 PM
Director: Michael Deet
Synopsis: "HIP-HOP RESURRECTION" features the hottest Hip-Hop from the Pacific Island nation of New Zealand ! Showcasing the true love, commitment and loyalty to the original elements of this adopted musical culture. This colorful documentary explores the distinct parallels of history, socio-political issues, class systems, land rights and reparations that exist between the conditions of Polynesians living in modern NZ and of the ethnic & indigenous cultures of the USA .
Title: Dirty States of America
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 7:17 PM
Directed by : FLX
Synopsis:The Lyricist Lounge series continues by chartering a trip down to the Dirty South to explore the Hip-Hop climate that has given birth to so many talented artists. The film examines several different styles of Hip-Hop, including Crunk, Bounce, Booty and the innovative Screwed style. The film also examines the music's connection with slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, poverty and oppression. The producers of the documentary interviewed over 100 people and combed through over 150 hours of behind-the-scenes footage to give viewers a very intimate look at the Southern rap scene.
A variety of guests are called on to give their views on the Southern rap game, including Outkast, Scarface, David Banner, Goodie Mob, Ludacris, and many others.
Title: Respect the Game - Gangsta Grillz
Screening: Thursday, April 27 @ 8:21 PM
Directed by : Juwan Lee
Synopsis: Soon To Be Announced
Friday, April 28, 2006
Title: Hip Hop Business or Art?
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 10:00 AM
Produced, Directed & Edited: DCTV's PRO-TV Summer Intensive Program: Edwin Grullan, Julianna Staten, Noel “Quill†Tejeda, Alvin Vargas, Joffresy Vizcaino (age: 16-17).
Synopsis: Artists reveal their thoughts behind
Hip Hop and what it means to be independent,
staying focus and the manufacturing of mainstream Hip Hop.
Title: Welcome to Durham
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 10:20 AM
Directed by : Christopher Martin
Synopsis: Durham, North Carolina's Butta Team DJs features Little Brother w/ Ninth Wonder and Hip-Hop icon Big Daddy Kane represents the controversial movie documentary "Welcome to Durham". The documentary itself explores the life and times of Blood and Crip's gang life and why in the city of Durham. The music video visually paints a picture with movie clips of the struggle and hopes for a better way combined with footage captured at an old school park jam in the city.
Title: One Love 2: True Ballin
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 10:35 AM
Directed by : Sean Dougherty
Co-Director and Producer: Glen Cowen
Host: Bobbito Garcia
Synopsis: One Love 2: True Ballin ' is all about love for hip-hop and hoops. The film showcases rare and never-before-seen high school basketball footage of more than 50 NBA and NCAA superstars, set to a diverse soundtrack of underground hip-hop. These montages are the result of culling through thousands of hours of footage, a labor of love for the film's producers. Between each montage, NYC streetball guru / ESPN personality / hip-hop legend Bobbito Garcia takes the viewer on a journey through the cultural parallels and confluences of hip-hop and basketball. Segments include interviews with and performances by streetball tricksters, sneakerheads , basketball-influenced rappers, high school basketball legends, and graffiti artists.
Bonus footage includes highlights of LeBron James and Allen Iverson playing high school football, and Randy Moss playing high school basketball!
Title: New Flavors: The Emergence of Southern Hip-Hop Documentary
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 11:35 AM
Directed and Produced by : Brian Bentley and Vernon Clarke
Synopsis: New Flavors: The Emergence of Southern Hip Hop is a 60-minute documentary film highlighting the impact that Southern Hip Hop artists have had on the rap industry. This piece will focus on the current status of Hip Hop and how the South's influence is making a significant impact on this American subculture. With commentary from Artists such as Willie D, Chamillionaire , Choppa , and Trina to name a few, this film will highlight the rise of this phenomena . The angle of this piece will focus on how Southern Hip Hop Artists have made an impact as seen through the eyes of on-air personalities, disc jockeys, and music directors. Commentary will come from some of the most prominent names in the radio industry. Cities in the southern region such as Miami , Atlanta , New Orleans , Memphis , and Houston among others will be targeted. The influence of New York and how Southern hip hop has made an impact on the east and west coasts will be explored. The question that will be posed to station managers, program, and music directors is how has the South's music changed radio formats? How is Crunk music changing the face of hip hop? What is Crunk Music? Why are Southern artists now finally getting their due. These are some of the questions that we seek to answer.
Title: Game
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 12:50 PM
Director: JJ Goldberg
Synopsis: When TANIA SUTTERS (African American, 16) moves from Oakland , California to South Central Los Angeles with her mother, DELORES SUTTERS (37), she's seeking a fresh start: a new school, new friends, and hopefully a spot on the girl's Varsity basketball team. TANIA gets more than she bargained for when she meets and falls in love with HECTOR RAMIREZ (Latino, 1 , a Mexican-American ex-con, former gang banger, his gang banger sister MARISOL (17)?her rival on and off the basketball court, and when she befriends NONEE (1 , a gang banger who hates Mexicans. What follows is a rivalry that leaves TANIA torn between a first love and a new best friend. GAME is a contemporary musical, with edgy dancing and blazing music on the pulse of what's hot now. Set in South Central Los Angeles against a backdrop of Black-Mexican gang warfare, it's a gritty retelling of ROMEO & JULIET and WEST SIDE STORY, combining narrative, dance and music to update those earlier films for a whole new urban audience.
Title: BEEF III
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 1:36 PM
Director: Peter Spirer
Runtime: 5 min.
Synopsis: Narrated by: DJ Kay Slay
Continuing the tradition of thoughtful, unbiased and entertaining Hip Hop journalism that earned BEEF and BEEF II critical and popular acclaim, comes BEEF III . We'll see how regional areas with emerging talent had to fight to get respect from not only New York radio DJs, but by their own local radio stations. We'll see how trouble starts when there is more than one self-proclaimed king of a region and how neighboring hoods can and do collide. From Harlem to Compton, this is the last stop; BEEF III , featuring interviews with: The Game, 50 Cent, Nelly, Chingy , Snoop Dogg , Lil ' Flip, T.I., Twista , Jim Jones, Krayzie Bone, Scarface , Layzie Bone, Yukmouth , Remy Ma, Guerilla Black, Lil ' Scrappy, David Banner and more.
Title: Bullets in the Hood
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 3:06 PM
Directed By : Terrence Fisher and Daniel Howard
Running Time: 22min
Synopsis: Terrence Fisher (20) lives in a housing project in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. By the time he was 19 years old, eight of his friends were shot and killed in his neighborhood. Terrence is not a gang member or a drug dealer - he is just a normal teenager who likes making hip- hop music with his friends. What could Terrence do to stop gun violence in Bed-Stuy before losing another friend, or even his own life?
This documentary contains images that could only be captured by someone like Terrence, who has spent his entire life in the projects and has experienced the tragedy of gun violence in his everyday life.
Title: HIP-HOP COLONY - The African Hip-Hop Explosion
Screening: Friday, April 28 @ 3:38 PM
Director: Michael Wanguhu
Synopsis: Kenyan Hip-hop was initially regarded as a passing fad. Hip-hop was eagerly dismissed by the media outlets and the general public during it's shallow inception in the early ninety's. Hip-hop today has firmly gained its roots in Kenya , while fusing its traditional music and drawing major influence from America . This fusion has led to a new entity-the birth of Genge music, Kapuka and Kaya Hip Hop. Filming the documentary in Kenya , producer/Director Michael Wanguhu , enjoyed collaborative efforts from top-notch Kenyan producers, and reigning hip-hop acts past and present, seeking to expose a culture they have whole-heartedly embraced and it is also punctuated by footage of engaging live concert events. HIP HOP COLONY richly ties key elements of hip hop, flexibility and talent which continue to increase its dominance around the World one colony at a time.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Title: Wanna Be
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 2:00 PM
Written and Directed by : Shani Harris Peterson
Produced by : Sherri Daye Scott
Synopsis: Tat dreams of being a video vixen! So with money originally earmarked for college, she heads to Atlanta to attend a workshop taught by the infamous Lady Jae – the #1 video girl in the biz. But will Lady Jae's expertise be enough to transform a suburban teen into a hip-hop video queen?
Title: The Sun Will Rise:
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 2:23 PM
Director: Byron Horne
Executive Producer: Rahiem Shabaz
Runtime: 5 min.
Synopsis: THE SUN WILL RISE centers on two furniture movers, Malachi ( Lil Zane) and Stephon ( Jevon ) who land a record deal with a local rap mogul. But when Malachi falls for the mogul's daughter Arnelle (Nina Nicole), drastic measures are needed to save the recording contract and keep the girl. Screenplay By: Rahiem Shabazz Producer: Sean Anthony Anderson
Title: Finally Saying What I Really Mean
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 2:48 PM
Directed By : Monique Woods
Synopsis: Tired of being put in a box and relegated to making music that viewed a certain way because of corporate stereotyping, artists are finally getting their views off their chests. Finally Sayin' What I Really Mean is a feature length music documentary that, through conversations with various musical artists, poets, and social activists, explores the question of what good music is, and further discusses stepping outside of the industry's definition of what their music should be and how it should be represented. .An in-depth musical discussion intertwined with interviews, performances, pictures, Finally Sayin What I Really Mean is a cinematic exploration of hip hop as a cultural voice, soul music as a movement and theart and creativity of poetry as the basis for it all.
Title:SlingShot Hip-Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front (Trailer) Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 4:13 PM
Director: Jackie Salloum
Runtime: 5 min.
Synopsis: SlingShot Hip-Hop is a documentary film that focuses on the daily life of Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel. It aims to spotlight alternative voices of resistance within the Palestinian struggle and explore the role their music plays within their social, political and personal lives. Coming 2006. For more information, visit www.slingshothiphop.com.
Presented in collaboration with the Hip-Hop Association
Title: Bling: Consequences and Repercussions
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 4:18 PM
Director: Kareem Edouard
Producer: Ashley Queen/Lathan Hodge
Runtime: 11min.
Synopsis: Bling: Consequences and Repercussions tackles the issues behind Hip Hop's obsession with diamonds and the continued illegal diamond trade in Africa . Kanye West's music video, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, introduced the topic of conflict diamonds to the urban communities. Bling looks to further educate the Hip-Hop generation about the murder and carnage caused by the world's greed for diamonds.
Presented in collaboration with the Hip-Hop Association
Title: The Beat
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 4:30 PM
Written, Produced and Directed by : Brandon Sonnier
Runtime: 87 minutes
Synopsis: For every road not taken, an alternate potential destiny exists. Following the stabbing death of his brother, aspiring rapper Philip "Flip" Bernard is caught between two realities, each with its own irreversible consequences. Forced by his father to either get a "real" job with a steady paycheck, or pursue his goal of changing the face of Hip-Hop and survive on the streets, Flip is torn between chasing his own dream or giving in to his father's demands. In a surreal shuffling of parallel realities, Flip lives out both contrasting fates as he attempts to find music, meaning and order in his now-chaotic life. Cast: Rahman Jamaal, Kazz Wingate, Jermaine Williams, Steve Connell, Keith Ewell , Jazsmin Lewis, with special appearances by Coolio , Chino XL, and Brian McKnight
Title: Black & Blue - Legends of a Hip Hop Cop
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 6:07 PM
Director: Peter Spirer
Runtime:
Synopsis: Narrated by: Saul Williams
It had Fat Joe and Russell Simmons complaining to press. It keeps tab on beef between Ja Rule and 50 Cent. And it's been accused of racial profiling. But whatever you do, don't call it the New York Police Department's hip-hop patrol. Why? Because the NYPD denies that such a unit exists, acknowledging only a group from the intelligence unit that specializes in music industry-related crimes.
"Black & Blue" is the story of Parker, the unit he created, and the controversy it has spawned. Via exclusive, in-depth interviews with Parker--as well as with rappers, security guards, civil rights activists and other members of the hip-hop community--the film takes viewers inside the so-called ?hip-hop patrol? in New York City and Miami . The film is Parker's story: How did a detective from Queens , New York , end up putting himself on the line for high-profile hip-hop acts? Is the entity he fashioned a necessary component of law enforcement, or a blatant violation of civil rights?
Title: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES A Hip-Hop Head Weighs In On Manhood In Hip-Hop Culture
Screening: Saturday, April 29 @ 7:44 PM
Director: Byron Hurt
Synopsis: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in On Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture, is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a loving critique from a self-proclaimed Hip-Hop Head, Hurt tackles issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today's hip-hop culture.
BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES features revealing interviews with famous rappers including Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons; along with commentary from Michael Eric Dyson, Beverly Guy- Sheftall , Kevin Powell and Sarah Jones and interviews with young women at Spelman College, a historically black school and one of the nation's leading liberal arts institutions. BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES also reveals the complex intersection of culture, commerce and gender through on-the-street interviews with aspiring rappers and fans at hip-hop events throughout the country. The film provides thoughtful dialogue from intelligent, divergent voices of rap artists, industry executives, rap fans and social critics from inside and outside the hip-hop generation.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Title: Holy Hip Hop The Movie
Screening: Sunday, April 30 @ 2:00 PM
Director: Christopher "Play" Martin
Runtime: 82 minutes
Synopsis: Fasten your seatbelt and prepare to experience the explosive world of Spiritually-Enlightening Holy Hip Hop Ministry, Music and Entertainment Glorifying GOD!!!
Peep this video and see what these souled out Christian souljahs for the LORD are doing to change the face of music for generations to come with powerful lyrics and bangin beats - and bringin nothin but the Truth. A must see video for any ardent lover of music who wants to be tuned in to the cutting edge, whether you are within or outside the four walls of the Church (even if you are a naysayer or non-believer).
What you will experience is sure to make you bob your head and stomp your feet and provide you with a new appreciation of the bold power of Hip Hop Ministry and how it is being used (24/7) by Ministers of the Gospel as a powerful and potent tool to spread the truth and uplift and positively impact the community, youth, and adults worldwide for generations to come!!!
AMEN FILMS present An HP4 Feature
Host: Christopher "Play" Martin
Title: "6 In The Morning"
Screening: Sunday, April 30 @ 3:14 PM
Director: Christopher "Play" Martin
Runtime: 5:05
Synopsis:
Ricardo FLO , Ms. Ty-Scott and Jamal aka Platinum Souls takes what they believe to a classic house party. Prior to their invasion we see abstract footage of the group in the recording studio and in concert before they crash the party. Platinum Souls are not your common Hip-Hop group, they speak life and show everyone you don't have to suffer or kill yourself to have a good time. They prevent disasters and rip the mic for God.
Artist: Platinum Souls ( Ricardo " FLO " Valentine & Tiffany " Ty-Scott " Scott) featuring Jamal McGhee
Title: The Passion of Black History
Screening: Sunday, April 30 @ 3:30 PM
Directed by : Tony African
Synopsis: This documentary is packed with clips of African-American history stories (Amistad, Negro League,etc.), also features various African-American activist expressingdifferent issues within the African-American communities.But what's so unique about this documentary, is that it provide cultural _expression over today's HIP-HOP beats. Which allows it to be entertaining and educational. Which allows it to be BLACK HISTORY/HIP-HOP.
Title: Hali Halisi
Screening: Sunday, April 30 @ 4:05 PM
Director: Martin Meulenberg
Producer: Thomas Gesthuizen
Running Time : 30 min.
Synopsis: Hali Halisi (a Swahili expression meaning "the real situation") portrays rap as an alternative medium in Tanzania. Rappers and experts give their views on the emerging hip-hop scenes of Dar es Salaam and the island of Zanzibar, and their thoughts on the importance of rap as a medium for communication and an instrument of change. Tanzania has had a thriving hip-hop scene since the early nineties, and many emcees rap in Swahili, the most important language in the region. The film centers around the most popular emcees at the time, including Mr II (Sugu), Deplowmatz, Gangwe Mobb, GWM, X Plastaz and Bantu Pound. Tanzanian rapper Dola Soul in an interview featured in Hali Halisi:
Presented in collaboration with the Hip-Hop Association
Hip Hop Panel Discussions
1. Youth Panel Goal: To provide an open forum for the discussion and presentations of different perspectives on the hiphop culture from a young person's view. In conjuction with In the Loop - www.intheloopprogram.com . Sponsored by: All Hip Hop Family
Kisha Thomas; 16yrs old - All HipHop Family
Tatiquana Griffin; 15yrs old - All HipHop Family
Spenterick Boyd; 15yrs old - All HipHop Family
Alkebulan Williams; 16yrs old - HipHop Producer of A Black Clan, Inc
2. How 2 Fund UR Film/Video - To provide pertinent information on funding sources and revenue generating programs for independent filmmakers. Sponsored by NABFEME
Moderator: Rahiem Shabazz - Rasha Entertainment
Chucky Jenkins - Comedian, Writer, Director & Producer
Shaundra McDonald - Filmmaker
Randy Marshall - Director - FAT CATS
3. Distribution/Independent Filmmakers Panel Goal: Our panelists will present information on how to start as a independent. The in/outs of distribution How to pick a good distribution deal, make a workable budget, obtain reasonable equipment rentals and scout and secure fesible locations, etc. Marketing strageties are very important to the success of any project. Information on success marketing technics and avenues will be provided. Our panelists come with years of valuable experience and knowledge. Hand-outs will be provided. Sponsored by Bamm Entertainment
Moderator: Allen Johnston - CEO/The Music Specialist
Tyreal "Real" Lewis - CEO/Real Street Promotions
Jennifer Jones - V.P. of Public Relations with MacQuarium Intelligent Communications
Roger M. Bobb, Producer - The Tyler Perry Company
Brent Nelson - IMD (International Music Distributor)
Nikki Marshall, Short and Sweet, LLC
Andrew Morrison - Small Buisness Camp
4. Gaming Panel Goal: To educate on how hiphop has influenced the gaiming industry. The vast opportunities available in the areas of concept, design, scoring, marketing, etc.... Sponsored by Konsole Kingz
Moderator: CJ Peters - President/CEO of Konsole Kingz
Derek Hardnett - Host Konsole Kingz
Brian Hamilton - Host of Konsole Kingz
Marcus Matthew - CEO Blueheat Mobile Gaming Company
Chris Carson - CEO/Gamesare
Danny Miller - Flash Card Developer
Clint Lowe - Founder of GA Game Developers Association
Chris Smith
5. Social Responsibility Panel: To educate our audience on the responsibility we have as a culture to produce a positive product regardless of the media through which it is translated. Panelists will speak on the strageties that are able to assist people to live productive lifestyle while still keeping it true hiphop. Hand-outs will be provided.
Moderator: Minister Server, The Temple of HipHop
Professor Griff - Public Enemy
Edward Garnes, Founder/CEO Afro to Shelltoes
Steven Waddy, HipHop Political Convention
E. Christoper "Cocktails" Cornell, Live Poets Society L.L.C.
Toni Blackman - Hip Hop Activist
Davey D - Hip Hop Journalist
The Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival’s Block Party is set to light up historic downtown Atlanta on Saturday, April 29th, 2006. Experience a taste reminiscent of a notion that typically began on an uptown, New York stoop. Beginning at 6pm, Beatbox contenders kick off contests between the best of the best. Next, DJ’s impress with signature mixes formulated to preserve their titles in the DJ Battle. Emcees defend their skills as they go head-to-head in an in free-style competition. Watch B-boys own their section of the street aside a backdrop of strategically fresh graffiti. A true artistic display delivers as five of the hottest elements of Hip-Hop share the asphalt with bona fide, urban food and retail vendors.
Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival Iternary
2006 ATLANTA HIPHOP FILM FESTIVAL
ITINERARY!!!!!!
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
4:00PM-8:00PM - Registration/Check-in- The Auburn Research Library 101 Auburn Ave. Atlanta , GA
Thursday, April 27, 2006
8:00AM-6:00PM - Registration/Check-in- The Auburn Research Library 101 Auburn Ave. Atlanta , GA
10:00AM-9:30PM ***Film Screenings - The Auburn Research Library 101 Auburn Ave. Atlanta , GA
Friday, April 28, 2006
8:00AM-6:00PM Registration/Check-in“ The Auburn Research Library
10:00AM - 6:00PM - Film Screenings
6:00PM- 10:00PM - Opening Night Gala
The Compound - 1008 Brady Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30318 www.compoundatl.com Click here for directions.
Networking Event with performances, fashion show featuring designs by Ventige Soul & Tupac's Makaveli, a live band provided by Poseidon along with DJ Mr. Tariq- Airbrush Designs Sponsored by The Airbrush Shop by AIRFLARE GRAPHIX
Saturday, April 29, 2006
8:00AM- 6:00PM Registration/Check-in - The Auburn Research Library
10:15AM -12:15PM - ***Youth Panel -www.intheloopprogram.com - @ The AIU Campus
3330 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA Click here for directions.
Provide an open forum for the discussion and presentations of different perspectives on the hiphop culture in the eyes of the youth.
10:00AM -12:00PM How 2 Fund Ur Film/Video Panel - Sponsored by NABFEME
12:15PM - 2:00PM- Gaming In HipHop Panel - Sponsored by Konsole Kingz
Educate on how hiphop has influenced the gaming industry. The vast opportunities available in the areas of concept, design, scoring, marketing, etc...
2:00PM - 8:30PM - Film Screenings - The Auburn Research Library
6:00PM -10:00PM - BLOCK PARTY - The Apex Museum Parking Lot - 135 Auburn Ave,
Atlanta, GA - The ultimate party with food, games/tournaments and competitions between Emcees, Beat boxers, Djs and Break dancers.
Click here for directions.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
8:00AM- 4:00PM Registration/Check-in - The Auburn Research Library
10:00AM -12:00PM - Distribution/Independent Filmmaking Panel - Sponosored by BAMM Ent.
Information on how to start and succeed as an independent. The in/outs of distribution and how to pick a good distribution deal, create a workable budget, obtain reasonable equipment rentals and scout and secure feasible locations, marketing strategies etc. Hand-outs will be provided.
12:15PM - 2:00PM - Social Responsibility of HipHop Panel
To educate our audience on the responsibility we have as a culture to produce a positive product regardless of the media through which it is translated. Panelists will speak on the strategies that are able to assist people to live productive lifestyle while still keeping it true hiphop.
Hand-outs will be provided.
2:00PM- 5:30PM - Film Screenings - The Auburn Research Library
2:30PM - 4:30PM DEAD PREZ Film Premiere The Carter Center - $5.00 entry fee
6:00PM -9:00PM - Film Awards Ceremony with a RED CARPET AFFAIR
@ The Carter Center - 453 Freedom Parkway Atlanta, GA 30307
***Please note all Panels and Film Screenings except the Youth Panel will be held at
The Auburn Research Library - 101 Auburn Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30303. DEAD PREZ "It's Bigger Than Hip Hop" will debut Sunday at 2:30pm at The Carter Center. Click here for directions.
