[opirgyork] FREE Outdoor Film Screening (Sept 14th)

[aruna at opirgyork.ca]

Have you checked out the DisOrientation schedule yet?
(www.opirgyork.ca/node/151)

Make sure you check it out - our first PRE-Diso event is TOMORROW! (Sept
14th)

*Wednesday September 14th* (Pre-DisOrientation Event)

“Slingshot HipHop”
Sunset (7pm)
York University Commons
Presented by: Toronto Palestine Film Festival

Directed by Jackie Reem Salloum, Slingshot HipHop tells 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, these young people cross the
borders that separate them through music. The documentary was nominated
for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize.

Slingshot HipHop premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and since
then, has been screened at various film festivals across the world. In
Toronto, the film was screened to a sold-out theatre in the 2008 Toronto
Palestine Film Festival where it also won the Audience Choice Award. We're
excited to bring the film to York University as part of DisOrientation
2011. See you at the Commons!