The 11th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (14-24 February 2013)
Broken Song
Tue, 19th February
IFI 1
18.10
66 mins
Director Claire Dix will attend the screening.
‘People look at us and they see the stereotype: “they’re this, they’re that… they’re scumbags”. You’ve got to show them how good you are, you’ve got to whip out a tune that they couldn’t write in their dreams.’ Git
This documentary asks whether art and artistic expression can allow us to look beyond the facts of someone’s past and see into their soul. Git, Costello and Willa Lee are street poets, hip-hop artists and songwriters from north Dublin. For these young men, self-expression in the form of poetry, rap and song has become a spiritual experience. Their aim is simply to articulate the chaos that surrounds them and to fight it with their words and voices alone.
‘People look at us and they see the stereotype: “they’re this, they’re that… they’re scumbags”. You’ve got to show them how good you are, you’ve got to whip out a tune that they couldn’t write in their dreams.’ Git
This documentary asks whether art and artistic expression can allow us to look beyond the facts of someone’s past and see into their soul. Git, Costello and Willa Lee are street poets, hip-hop artists and songwriters from north Dublin. For these young men, self-expression in the form of poetry, rap and song has become a spiritual experience. Their aim is simply to articulate the chaos that surrounds them and to fight it with their words and voices alone.
Broken Song is screening as part of the Reel Art programme at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2013.
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