Estilo Hip Hop

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Estilo Hip Hop
Directed byLoira Limbal
Vee Bravo
Distributed by IndiePix Films
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)
Running time
57 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Cuba
Brazil
Chile
LanguagesEnglish
Portuguese

Estilo Hip Hop is a 2009 documentary film directed by Loira Limbal and Vee Bravo and distributed by IndiePix Films. It chronicles the lives of three rappers/political activists - Eli Efi of Brazil, Guerrillero Okulto of Chile and Magia of Cuba - and how they attempt to use their music to reach out to the youth of their respective countries. [1] Estilo Hip Hop is currently being aired as part of the PBS series Global Voices, [2] and has had live screenings in select theaters in California and New York. [3] The documentary will be released on DVD on June 22, 2010, and is currently available on both Amazon and iTunes. [3]

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Reception

Reception to Estilo Hip-Hop has been generally positive. XXL Magazine described the film as "an antidote to the get-rich-quick schemes favored by many in modern hip-hop." [4] PopMatters awarded the documentary a 7/10 score and called it "sharp (and) engaging." [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Retired Site". PBS . Archived from the original on April 24, 2009.
  3. 1 2 http://www.estilohiphop.net/category/screenings-and-news/ [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Hip-Hop News, Rap Music - XXL".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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