Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them Featuring : DAM from Lyd PR (Palestinian Rapperz) from Gaza Abeer from Lyd Arapeyat from Akka Mahmoud Shalabi from Akka Also featured: WE7 from Nazareth and Ibrahim from Gaza Director/Producer/Editor Jackie Reem Salloum is a New York based artist and filmmaker. Drawing on her Palestinian and Syrian roots, her pop-infused work focuses on challenging the stereotypes of Arabs in the media. She has directed several shorts exploring this issue, including Planet of the Arabs, which received the International Editing Award at the 2005 CinemaTexas Film Festival and was an official selection in that years Sundance Film Festival. After receiving her MFA from New York University, Salloum began directing her first feature length documentary Slingshot Hip Hop. Five years in the making it made its premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival-Documentary Competition. Salloums work is also the basis of a youth education program on Palestine, and she frequently speaks at universities and conferences internationally. Producer Rumzi Araj, a Palestinian-American, has worked with Salloum on many of her art and …
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