Promotor
Porto Post Doc Festival Cinema - Associação Cultural
Sinopse
HIP-HOP 50: A CELEBRATION
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Kevin Fitzgerald
USA, 2000, DOC, 72’
Freestyle. The Art of Rhyme aborda uma das formas mais puras do Hip Hop, os desafios de rap improvisado. O filme descreve a travessia de MC Supernatural e as suas épicas batalhas de rap freestyle, em particular com o seu arqui-inimigo das letras e batidas, Craig G, dos Marley Marl Juice Crew. O realizador Kevin Fitzgerald inclui ainda (a partir de materiais de arquivo) participações de Mos Def, Wu-Tang Clan e The Notorious B.I.G. e conta com os comentários históricos de um dos Last Poets, o lendário Abiodun Oyewole. Um retrato vibrante sobre a força da poesia oral como forma de afirmação política.
Freestyle.
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The Art of Rhyme looks at one of the purest forms of Hip Hop, improvised rap challenges. The film describes the journey of MC Supernatural and his epic freestyle rap battles, in particular with his archenemy of lyrics and beats, Craig G of the Marley Marl Juice Crew. Director Kevin Fitzgerald also includes (from archive material) appearances by Mos Def, Wu-Tang Clan and The Notorious B.I.G. and features historical commentary from one of the Last Poets, the legendary Abiodun Oyewole. A vibrant portrait of the power of oral poetry as a form of political affirmation.