US PREMIERE
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
WORLD PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
THROWBACK FROM
2005
Pick Up the Mic
Friday
May 12, 2006
@
9:00 pm
22nd Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

acked with raw interviews and stinging performances, this explosive documentary introduces us to 20 artists, activists, and entertainers who belong to the growing underground queer hip-hop movement. From a striking range of sexual and ethnic backgrounds, the MCs and rappers in this rapidly expanding network disagree about almost everything—from political or openly gay content in their raps, to the role of race and gender in the hip-hop community, to the need to push for major-label success—but that’s exactly what makes them a uniquely defiant community with lethal force. Shot over three years by Queercore director Alex Hinton, the film charts the movement from the underground Bay Area scene in the 90s, to the present scenes in Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and London. Description adpated from the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
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