Tonight! Hip hop occupies, 206 zulu, and ladies first....
Luzviminda Carpenter
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Hip Hop Occupies to Decolonize, 206 Zulu, and Ladies First co-present: Cuando Una Mujer Avanza a film screening and discussion with film maker, Simón Sedillo TONIGHT, April 3, 2012 at 9-11pm
Donations from this event support RISE & DECOLONIZE part 2: May Day.
Cuando Una Mujer Avanza is a documentary film about "Mare" a female hip hop artist from Oaxaca, Mexico. Mare is medicine for the devaluating experiences of many young women of color today. As a young native Zapotec female MC born in Oaxaca City, her unique life experience is a rarely heard perspective on life and community liberation. As an up and coming MC in a state know for popular and indigenous rebellion, Mare's life and experience has been channeled into very power full and conscious rapping and singing.
Simón Sedillo is a community rights defense organizer and a documentary film maker. He spends half his time voluntarily documenting, producing, and teaching video documentation in communities in Mexico and the US. The other half of the time he is presenting workshops and screening films at universities and community centers throughout the USA. Sedillo has contributed to the production of a growing archive of documentary films. His documentaries focus on indigenous communities, immigrant communities, and communities of color in the US and Mexico. From community rights issues, to traditional music, to modern urban hip hop culture, Sedillo’s films have found a growing audience in the US and Mexico.
Documentary preview: http://vimeo.com/37297934