On Monday, May 11, Students for Justice in Palestine will screen the documentary Slingshot Hip Hop at UC Berkeley. The film braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.

Slingshot Hip Hop received many awards, among them being the official Selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It features Hip Hop artists and groups such as DAM, PR, ABEER, Arapeyat, and Mahmoud Shalabi. The director and producer of the movie is Jackie Reem Salloum, a New York based artist and filmmaker. Drawing on her Palestinian and Syrian roots, her pop-infused work focuses on challenging the stereotypes of Arabs in the media. Read more

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