Volta Cinema Night Two////////////////// Breaking Beats And Barricades//////

dublin | arts and media | event notice Sunday January 11, 2009 12:02 by J - Volta voltacinema at gmail dot com

JANUARY 13TH. SEOMRA SPRAOI. 7PM TO 11PM.

FILMS START AT 8PM.
FOOD STARTS AT 7PM.
ABOUT VOLTA CINEMA////////////////////
VOLTA CINEMA is a collective designing events that use film as a hinge
for discussion. We aim to use and abuse the medium to enquire into the
conditions in which we find ourselves. We aim to assemble themes and
discussions simply so we can begin the conversations that move us on to a
better world.

http://www.myspace.com/voltacinema
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SHORTS (TBC)
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MAIN FEATURE

Slingshot Hip Hop (2008) ////////////////////////////////////
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians
living in the West Bank, Gaza 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.

Director/Producer/Editor

Jackie Reem Salloum is 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. She has directed
several shorts exploring this issue, including Planet of the Arabs,
which received the International Editing Award at the 2005 CinemaTexas
Film Festival and was an official selection in that year's Sundance
Film Festival. After receiving her MFA from New York University,
Salloum began directing her first feature length documentary Slingshot
Hip Hop. Five years in the making it made it's premiere at the 2008
Sundance Film Festival-Documentary Competition. Salloum's work is also
the basis of a youth education program on Palestine/Israel, and she
frequently speaks at universities and conferences internationally.

Producer

Rumzi Araj, a Palestinian-American, has worked with Salloum on many of
her art and film projects and was an Associate Producer on the short
film Planet of the Arabs, a 2005 Sundance selection. He is currently
completing his law degree while pursuing his interest in film
production.

Producer/Editor/Visual Effects Supervisor

Waleed Zaiter is an Arab-American multimedia artist born in
Beirut,Lebanon. Growing up in the United States, he began his career
as a street artist in Boston. He currently resides in NYC where he
freelances as an animator. His work can be found on-line at
www.freehabib.com

THERE WILL BE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS ON THE NIGHT.