Slingshot Hip Hop
Directed by	Jackie Reem Salloum
Release date(s)	18 January 2008
Running time	80 min
Country	U.S.A.

Slingshot Hip Hop is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum which traces the history and development of Palestinian hip hop, in Palestine from the time DAM pioneered the art form in the late 1990s. DAM, Palestinian Rapperz, Mahmoud Shalabi, and female artists Arapeyat and Sabreena Da Witch (Abeer).

The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival,^[1][2] and screened at the 2008 Chicago Palestine Film Festival.^[3].

It was also shown in the 12th Annual 2008 Arab Film Festival, where both the filmmaker Jackie Reem Salloum as well as the Palestinian rap trio DAM were present for the screenings. It was the opening night film at the 2008 Boston Palestine Film Festival.^[4]

In August of 2008] Slingshot Hip Hop was shown to Palestinian youth in three of the country's Palestinian refugee camps; Shatila, Bourj al-Barajneh, and Bedawi.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Slingshot Hip Hop at the Internet Movie Database

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