Friday,
January 13 at 8:00pm
Scene
Not Heard
dir.
Maori Karmael Holmes, USA, 2005, BetaSP, 45 mins, color
 Philadelphia
is
often referred to as the mecca for American soul music,
but right from the beginning of the hip hop movement, its artists
have made major contributions as emcees, graf artists, dancers,
and especially as deejays. Native
talents such as Will Smith, The Roots and Eve have made great
strides domestically and internationally, but somehow Philly
still doesn’t get the kind of
props of a city like Los Angeles or even Atlanta.
However,
one of the most unique aspects to the Philadelphia hip hop scene
is the proliferation of women that it has produced as emcees,
vocalists, poets and deejays. Scene Not Heard seeks
to tell the story of these women—the legends, the famed, and
the ingénues—as they struggle to
succeed in a male-dominated industry.
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