Made In Amerikkka

Description

Harlem 1968, a group of young poets get together and found THE LAST POETS. With jazz or funk as a backdrop, percussions rolling and words shooting out like bursts of machine-gun fire, the group denounces the oppression of African-Americans, while painting a devastating yet humorous picture of life in the ghetto. Nearly forty years after their separation, the members of this legendary group, the founding fathers of today's hip hop, rap and slam, come together in Paris for a one-time concert at the 2008 Banlieues Bleues festival.

From the intimacy of their Parisian rehearsal room, they evoke the past: the birth of the collective, the years of political unrest, their high-risk creative madness. The musicians accompanying the poets for this concert are veritable legends of Great Black Music: Ronald Shannon Jackson, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Robert Irving III, and Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman.

THE LAST POETS Made in Amerikkka is a film that erases the boundaries between different genres. It is a live recording, a musical documentary and an art film, all combined into one. It is a film event, faithful to the spirit and the image of The Last Poets.

The independent & unmistakable voice of the black power era
Meet the grandfathers of rap, hip hop, slam and the spoken word
A moving and unthinkable reunion of the founding members
Political, musical, trans-generationaltastefully & respectfully directedwitness the legacy, wisdom and undying commitment of the Last Poets!



Performances include:

Niggers Are Scared of Revolution, Black Rage, Jibaro, My Pretty Nigger, Die Nigga!!!, Mean Machine, Un Rifle/Oracion-Rifle Player, Am, Rain of Terror, Word to the Wise, This is Madness