HIP-HOP DOC
FREE STYLE: THE ART OF RHYME
Presented by: Plaza Theatre, FFWD Magazine

Free Style
 
Directed by Kevin Fitzgerald (DJ Organic)
Canada/ 2000 / 74 minutes
Date: Sunday June 28th 2009
Time: 5 pm
Venue: Plaza Theatre  
ALBERTA PREMIERE

From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop--the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously.
Cast/Featuring: Mos Def, Notorious B.I.G., The Roots, Medusa, Supernatural, and The Last Poets.

With live performance by DJ Organic, filmmaker in attendance

Previous Screenings: WINNER Florida Film Festival 2002 Special Jury Award Best Documentary and Maverick, WINNER Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Audience Award Best Soundtrack, WINNER Urbanworld Film Festival 2000 Jury Prize Best Documentary, WINNER  Woodstock Film Festival 2000, WINNER Pan African Film Festival Jury Prize, SXSW Film Festival, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, Vancouver Documentary Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, Rio De Janeiro International Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival

Screening with:

DRAGON FLI EMPIRE FEATURING CADENCE WEAPON 'OUTSIDE INN'
Directed by Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi