Passport Fridays – BRAZIL
July 10, 2008
Passport Fridays – BRAZIL
Friday, July 18, 6:30 – 10 pm
MUSIC: Blending banging beats with sharp lyrics, Eli Efi & Laylo bring forth the best of Brazilian Hip Hop. Eli Efi hails from Sao Paulo, and founded the legendary rap group DMN. Now with Laylo, a Domincana DJ, activist, and filmmaker from the Bronx, they bring hip hop back to a place where MCs rocked alongside DJs to move the crowd but with an international flavor with Eli Efi rhyming in Portuguese and Laylo always finding a way to blend some Samba or Salsa into the brew.
DANCE: Carioca Capoeira & Samba Group featuring Mestre Cariaoca, Mestre Bom Jesus and Mestre Ariranha in a presentation of live Brazilian martial arts, music, and dance.
FILM: Antonia (Tata Amaral, Brazil, 2006, 90 min, Portuguese with English ST)
Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities … until they discover that out of struggle comes strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
Preceded by trailer to Estilo Hip Hop, a documentary directed by DJ Laylo, which chronicles the revolutionary Hip Hop movements of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Cuba. Funded in part by the ITVS, it will air nationally on PBS in 2008. Co-presented by Nomadic Wax and Cinema Tropical.
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