| Event Information | ||
Title: |
IEW Highlight |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 20, 2008 | |
| Time: | 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) | |
| Cost: | Free and open to the public, RSVP at www.cmep.nyu.edu | |
| Location: | The Kimmel Center for University Life, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, 4th floor | |
| Sponsor: | The Office for International Students and Scholars and the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs | |
| Contact person: | Tanesha Barnes | |
| Description: | ||
| A groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar Senegal. The film follows rappers, DJs, journalists, professors and people on the street and examines the role of hip-hop on the political process focusing on Senegal’s controversial 2007 presidential election. Originally shot as a seven-part documentary mini-series released via the internet, the documentary bridges the gap between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary film and explores the role of youth and musical activism on the political process. | ||