Are bindis on fashion models and Bollywood films in theWest End true
signs of acceptance? In this personal look at the current craze for all
things Indian, a second-gen playwright asks what Bollywood kitsch has to
do with the experience of being South Asian in Britain .
Preceded with lots of fun film clips from England for context!!
Info: http://www.thirdi.org/~sf/screenings.html
Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty filmed this, the first installation of a 6-episode set, in 9 hours on one day, January 14, 2004. It was shot in the living room of a house that was about to burned to the ground. Featuring live performances from Ted Leo, Bob Mould, Weird War, Q and Not U, The Evens, French Toast, Garland of Hours and Medications. “Burn to Shine is the first in a series of films that attempts to document bands in America playing live in spaces that are slated to be demolished. Placing them in a context relative to one another and their chosen city, and capturing forever what it means to see them up close in the most intimate of spaces.” Filmmaker invited.
Straight Outta Hunters Point
In the mid ’90s, Hunters Point, San Francisco was as hot as any city or neighborhood when it came to indie rap, overflowing with classic, funk-based West Coast gangsta sounds which tended to rely more on original music than on samples. Straight Outta Hunters Point is an enthralling documentary by Kevin Epps, a no-holds-barred, emotionally intense look into this once thriving neighborhood. A native of Hunters Point, Epps, also known as rapper Y2K, compiled more than 50 hours worth of interviews with police, drug dealers, crackheads, moms, and kids and boiled them down to one compelling hardcore hip-hop film. “Cinema vérité in its rawest form, Straight Outta Hunters Point jumps into the fray” (Eric K. Arnold, San Francisco Bay Guardian ). dir. Kevin Epps, 75 min.
Rappin 4Tay:
Perhaps the best known rapper to come out ofSan Francisco’s vibrant hip hop scene, Rappin 4Tay has a career that spans over 15 years and 7 albums, and with a new release slated for the summer of 2004.
He has worked collaboratively with a number of other artists both well known and on the grassroots level, including 2Pac, Too
$hort, Snoop Doggy Dog, and E-40 to name a few.
info: www.rappin4tay.com