Estilo Hip Hop
6 /10 1 Votes
Cinematography Kira Kelly Duration Language English
Portuguese | Genre Documentary Country United States
Cuba
Brazil
Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Loira Limbal, Vee Bravo Release date 2009 (2009) Cast Eli Efi, Guerrillero Okulto, Magia Similar movies Red Doors (2005), Mariachi Gringo (2012), Were the World Mine (2008), Lip Service (2011), Back on Board: Greg Louganis (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estilo Hip Hop is a 2009 documentary film directed by Loira Limbal and Vee Bravo and distributed by IndiePix Films. It chronicles the lives of three rappers/political activists - Eli Efi of Brazil, Guerrillero Okulto of Chile and Magia of Cuba - and how they attempt to use their music to reach out to the youth of their respective countries. Estilo Hip Hop is currently being aired as part of the PBS series Global Voices, and has had live screenings in select theaters in California and New York. The documentary will be released on DVD on June 22, 2010, and is currently available on both Amazon and iTunes.
Reception
Reception to Estilo Hip-Hop has been generally positive. XXL Magazine described the film as "an antidote to the get-rich-quick schemes favored by many in modern hip-hop." PopMatters awarded the documentary a 7/10 score and called it "sharp (and) engaging."
References
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