2010 Benefit Concert
The Black August Hip Hip project returns in 2010 with a packed line up of artists!
The Black August Hip Hop Project 2010 – August 13, 2010
Featuring performances by:
- Dead Prez
- Pharoahe Monch
- Cody Chestnutt
- Homeboy Sandman
- ADM
- Kalae All Day
- Sadat X
- Hasan Salaam
- Akir
- La Bruja
- Divine of the Dey
- Hakim Green
- Lah Tere
- Bajah & The Dry Eye Crew
& Surprise Special Guests!
Date: Sunday, August 13, 2010
Time: Doors Open at 8:00pm – Concert Starts at 9:00pm
Location: Highline Ballroom 431 W 16th St
New York, NY 10011
between 9th and 10th Ave
(212) 414-5994
Tickets $15 in advance / $20 day of show.
Full dinner menu available / General Admission Standing Room / Limited seating available first come, first serve / All Ages
Black August Film Festival 2010
1st Annual Black August Independent Film Festival
Date & Time: August 28th, 2010 from 1:00PM – 10PM
Location:
The National Black Theatre – Institute of Action Arts
2031-33 National Black Theatre Way/Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10035
(Btwn 125th & 126th St.)
Showing Times:
1:00-2:45PM
- I am Sean Bell
I Am Sean Bell: Black Boys Speak by Stacey Muhammad is exactly what it sounds like. Black boys (between the ages of 11 and 13), along with their parents, speak about the brutal murder of Sean Bell by police officers, the effect it has had on their communities, and their heartbreaking fear, spurned by growing up as young black men in our racist society, of Sean Bell’s fate someday being theirs.
Operation Small Axe
“Operation Small Axe” is a documentary that follows around one of the most progressive voices in media, in the nation, that of The Prisoners of Conscience Committee’s Minister of Information JR Valrey, who can be heard regularly on Pacifica Radio and on XM radio. In the midst of all the action, in the documentary, he is a reporter who is summing up what he is experiencing and reporting on, which is very gripping and emotional. This documentary captures his organizing and journalistic talent and gives the people in the impacted community, a chance to voice their opinion of the events at hand; a perspective that is never heard in the corporate mainstream media.
4:00 PM
- Spring Break in Haiti
6:00 – 8:30PM
• Slingshot Hip-Hop
“Slingshot Hip Hop” braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank 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.
• Ni Watki
Ni Wakati is an inspiring story that re-introduces Africa’s rich diversity to the rest of the World, as M1 (dead prez) and Umi (P.O.W.) travel to East Africa. They connect with Ukoofulani Mau Mau a revolutionary youth movement of artists in the slums of Dandora based in Nairobi. They share music, food and culture as they break mistaken myths about Africa. They collectively travel to Arusha in Tanzania where they connect with former Black Panther members Mzee Pete O’Neal and Mama Charlotte O’Neal who are now community organizers. They bridge the gap between the young and the old as they collectively confront the different challenges from the radical past of the panthers to the present youth using their avenues responsibly for this generation.
This film features interviews with geronimo Ji jaga, Mama Charlotte O’Neal, Davey D, Toni Blackman, Binyavanga Wainaina, Kama Ngigi, Albert Josiah amongst others