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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco
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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco

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FILM SYNOPSIS

This story begins with a group of Moroccan Hip Hop artists who share a single dream: to rock a professional concert for a hometown crowd. These young artists lack resources and freedom of speech and get little support from their society or cultural institutions. But with the help of the American filmmaker, they appeal to the U.S. Embassy for funding for the first Moroccan Hip Hop festival.

Participants in the concert include, DJ Key, a self-taught turntable prodigy who is torn between his love for Hip Hop and his devotion to Islam. There is H-Kayne, a pioneer rap group on the verge of stardom who find that they are walking the line between honesty and censorship. Meet Fatima, a high school girl who’s trying to make it as a female rapper in an Arab man's world, and Brown Fingaz, a kid from the hoods of Marrakesh who found his true identity in American Hip Hop culture and uses its vernacular to express himself in a way that his native tongue won't allow.

This film reflects the thoughts and dreams of the true future of the Arab world – its young people. These are not the images portrayed by the media; these are the real people, and their views on America, Islam, and world politics in general, all told through song.

CAST & CREW

DIRECTORS: Jennifer Needleman, Joshua Asen
CAST: Amine Yahyaou, Fatima Medaoui, Khalid Douache, Ouassim Addoula, Taofik Hazeb
PRODUCERS: Jennifer Needleman, Joshua Asen

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