Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival 2021

Ages 12+ must show proof of vaccination or negative PCR test within 48 hours. Masks are required.

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Tlacuilos
Directed by Federico Peixoto

Running Time: 83:00

San Jose, Costa Rica

Description:

Tlacuilos, “The definitive film chronicle of Graffiti and Hip Hop in Central America” and groundbreaking epic, shot by Costa Rican director Federico Peixoto, and told in the voices of its pioneers, debuts in the Pacific Northwest at the 2nd Annual Seattle Hip Hop Film Festival. “Tlacuilos,” in the Maya empire, were master sculptors who carved their chronicles with hieroglyphic inscriptions in stone that still stands two thousand years later. Filmed over a duration of twenty years in eight countries, Tlacuilos draws in high-relief the distinctive stamp Central America brings to the genre. Its visual “signature” proves a living connection with ancestral Maya art, visiting important archaeological sites across the isthmus. A long-standing tradition of world-class narrative claims its rightful place in the rappers’ rhymes, which mirror the disparity, disasters, civil war and exodus that mark their world. The score, largely original works composed expressly for the film, calls upon a nativist spirit, but sets it against an intriguing, bold tapestry of contemporary and World Music influences. Tlacuilos offers a sweeping, 83 minute view of the region and of a movement that is “achieving what politics has never achieved: Central American integration”. (DJ Flako, Guatemala, 2012) (In Spanish with English subtitles)

 

BLM
Directed by Xavier Luciano
Running Time: 3:59

 

IN SA IA – Journey into the Sardinian Rap

IN SA IA – Journey into the Sardinian Rap
Directed by Marco Tanca
Running Time: 10:06
Cagliari, Italy

Description:
“IN SA IA – Journey into the Sardinian Rap” by Marco Tanca is a documentary that aims to raise awareness and promote the Sardinian rap. Through the testimonies of the protagonists themselves, the different styles are told, to provide the viewer with an overview of the major exponents of the regional rap scene. Today, if we think of an artist like Salmo, it is the demonstration of how our land is rich in talents and an impressive creative forge for what is now the best-selling and followed musical genre. “IN SA IA”, means in the street, it is the title of a song by Sa Razza present in the first recording work published by a Sardinian rap group in 1991.

Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn

Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn

Directed by Raymond C Lai

Running Time: 8:30

Description:

Turntablist Logan Lee is in love with his best friend, Beatrice Pan, and tonight, she’s throwing a party! That means DJ Logan’s Fun is in the HOUSE! Now if only he wasn’t so nervous. But not to fear, Auntie Bobbie is here with some of the rarest weed she’s ever laid lungs on, Purple Dawn. Unfortunately, Logan soon discovers there’s much more to this strain than its soothing effects.

 

 

Cat Scratch Fever
Directed by Andrew M Volpe
Running Time: 2:22
USA

 

Description:

The video features Houdini, Ross and Andrew M Volpe’s adopted tan and white feline, in a black hoodie, who aspires to become the “Sultan of Scratch” in the cat community, by practicing on small turntables while “DJ” Ross is fast asleep. The ruckus wakes him however, and he implores the cat to “please stop scratching” so he can go back to bed. Andrew’s clever camera angles from above and below make Houdini’s DJ histrionics come alive on screen. The film ends with the text PSA message that “The coolest cats need a place to scratch. Adopt a pet today.” Ross Volpe is an award winning musical talent. Andrew M Volpe has won film and screenwriting awards.