THE LAST POETS: Made in Amerikkka
Total Reading/Viewing Time: 9 minutes
In a previous blog post I mentioned that my dad, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, is a founding member of THE LAST POETS. For the first time in almost 40 years THE LAST POETS come together to claim their legacy - the founding fathers of hip hop - as their story is captured on film:
Harlem 1968, a group of young poets get together and found THE LAST POETS. With jazz or funk as a backdrop, percussions rolling and words shooting out like bursts of machine gun fire, the group denounces the oppression of African Americans, while painting a devastating yet humorous picture of life in the ghetto. Nearly forty years after their separation, the members of this legendary group - the founding fathers of today's hip hop, rap and slam - come together in Paris for a one-time concert at the 2008 Banlieues Bleues Festival.
From the intimacy of their Parisian rehearsal room, they evoke the past: the birth of the collective, the years of political unrest, their high-risk creative madness. THE LAST POETS: Made in Amerikkka is a film that erases the boundaries between different genres. It's a live recording, a musical documentary and an art film, all combined into one, and yet it goes beyond any of these. It is a film event, faithful to the spirit and the image of The Last Poets.
Performances include: "Niggers are Scared of Revolution," "Black Rage," "Jibaro," "My Pretty Nigger," "Die Nigga!!!," "Mean Machine," "Un Rifle/Oracion-Rifle Player," "Am," "Rain of Terror," "Word to the Wise," "This is Madness," and many more.
The following is a snippet from the film. Viewer Discretion is Advised.
In a previous blog post I mentioned that my dad, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, is a founding member of THE LAST POETS. For the first time in almost 40 years THE LAST POETS come together to claim their legacy - the founding fathers of hip hop - as their story is captured on film:
Harlem 1968, a group of young poets get together and found THE LAST POETS. With jazz or funk as a backdrop, percussions rolling and words shooting out like bursts of machine gun fire, the group denounces the oppression of African Americans, while painting a devastating yet humorous picture of life in the ghetto. Nearly forty years after their separation, the members of this legendary group - the founding fathers of today's hip hop, rap and slam - come together in Paris for a one-time concert at the 2008 Banlieues Bleues Festival.
From the intimacy of their Parisian rehearsal room, they evoke the past: the birth of the collective, the years of political unrest, their high-risk creative madness. THE LAST POETS: Made in Amerikkka is a film that erases the boundaries between different genres. It's a live recording, a musical documentary and an art film, all combined into one, and yet it goes beyond any of these. It is a film event, faithful to the spirit and the image of The Last Poets.
Performances include: "Niggers are Scared of Revolution," "Black Rage," "Jibaro," "My Pretty Nigger," "Die Nigga!!!," "Mean Machine," "Un Rifle/Oracion-Rifle Player," "Am," "Rain of Terror," "Word to the Wise," "This is Madness," and many more.
The following is a snippet from the film. Viewer Discretion is Advised.
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Bukhari R. Nuriddin, Esq.
Posted by bukesq at 8/29/2009 4:26 AM 
Categories: Entertainment Law
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Categories: Entertainment Law
Tags: Jalal Mansur Nuriddin The Last Poets slam Entertainment Law The Buk Esq. Blog THE LAST POETS: Made in Amerikkka Founding Fathers rap Reunion hip hop Film
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