November 16, 2006

Play Circle – Wisconsin Memorial Union
800 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706

Time: 5pm – 7pm

5:00 – 6:00pm
Cinefest Opening Reception – Play Circle Lobby

Hip-Hop Goes Global (Short Movie Series) – Introduced by Martha Diaz, Founder and President, Hip-Hop Association and Roberto Rivera, President, Elements of Change

6:00pm – 7:00pm
Film screenings

Firmeza Total – Hip Hop in Brazil – 25 minutes
Documentary on making a hip hop videoclip in the favela’s in Brasil.

Slingshot Hip-Hop – Hip Hop in Palestine – 10 minutes
Gives a Palestinian hip hip point of view of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East

Bling: Consequences and Repercussions – Sierra Leone/USA – 11 minutes
This short film tackles the issues behind Hip Hip’s obsession with diamonds and the continued illegal diamond trade in Africa.

4 Real – Real Kenya – 24 minutes
Story of K’naan – The Dusty Foot Philosopher a Canadian born Canadian refugee and Hip Hop Artist who returned to Kenya, West Africa to promote peace and human rights on his mother continent.