STOCKTOWN episodes 1-9

Film Festival

With just one spot of red paint between the eyes the Parisian artist ZEVS, executes the advertising industry's images of perfect humans. 'People don't think about the force of advertising,' says ZEVS and continues, 'But with just one psst I remove the force. No one wants to be identified with a dead person so advertising looses its effect'. ZEVS calls his action 'Visual Attack', and he has executed billboards worth millions around Paris.At the same time, ZEVS is a respected artist who exhibits at galleries around the world. "Inside Outside" follows ZEVS and other so-called street artists from New York,...

CURTAIN RAISING

CURTAIN RAISING is a film about hope and survival. Flavaboy is a young and determined artist growing up in the harshest of Nairobi’s ghettos. Flavaboy is trying his hardest to forge an image and career for himself, spending his waking hours persuading promoters to give him a chance to perform for free and keeping himself on good terms with the well-established young superstars of the flourishing Nairobi music scene. He is a 17 year-old man who doesn’t know where his next meal is coming from when he wakes up in the morning. Naturally, his main concern is to make it...

GOOD COPY BAD COPY

GOOD COPY BAD COPY vividly displays the global dillemmas of copyright law. Who really owns what? And what is the purpose of copyright? GOOD COPY BAD COPY travels alongside Gnarls Barkley's mega-hit 'Crazy' to northern Brazil for a local reflavouring and back to remix virtuoso Girl Talk in Pittsburgh. In Sweden, Hollywood henchmen and 'Pirate Bay' followers clash, while in African movie capital 'Nollywood' in Nigeria noone worries about copyright or "piracy". Until now. Featuring, in order of appearanceDR LAWRENCE FERRARA, Director of Music Dept. NYUPAUL V LICALSI, Attorney SonnenscheinJANE PETERER, Bridgeport MusicDR SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN, NYUDANGER MOUSE, ProducerDAN GLICKMAN, CEO...

MAN OOMAN (Man Woman)

A film about gender relations in Jamaica seen through dancehall dancing culture. Jamaica has more churches per capita than any other place in the world. It also has more murders, except for the times when they get eclipsed by an occasional genocide in Africa. But in the most notorious parts of the gang war infested garrisons, where no cab driver will take a foreigner even at daytime, there's a party going on. Every single night of the week street dances are kept in different ghettos, where rivaling neighborhoods meet unarmed to have fun. The music is loud and aggressive and...

NATASJA

Her dream was to make it big in Jamaica as a reggae artist.It finally came true, but not in the way she had hoped. In the beginning of 2008 she hit the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Chart with the song Calabria, which went on to become a massive hit all over the world. Very much also in Jamaica. At the same time she was the most award winning singer that year in her homeland Denmark with a best-selling album in her native language. Ironically she didn't live to see all this. Because after fighting for it for...

BLACK DEUTSCHLAND

In cooperation with Goethe-Institut Schweden: The documentary BLACK DEUTSCHLAND is an intimate study about the feelings and the thoughts of a not so small minority - black Germans and black people in Germany. The director Oliver Hardt portrays five individuals engaged in the cultural sector. They explain in an emotional, nevertheless reflective and humorous way, how it feels to live as a non-white in a society defined as “white”. The portrayed talk in open and friendly conversations about self-images and prejudices, about a deep-rooted self-esteem, but also about their fears and uncertainties. Black Deutschland was awarded Silver at the...

Diversidad

European rappers come together to record a single and to work for diversity. The cultural collaborations continue to the Diversidad festival in Vienna. This documentary shows you concerts, interviews and some of the work that was done for the Diversidad project during the Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. The music video for the song “Diversidad”, featuring nearly 20 artists from 7 countries, explores the theme of diversity. Documentary 2008 Director: Lude Reno Production: EMO

MR CATRA O FIEL (Mr Catra The Faithful)

This is the first documentary about Baile Funk and an intimate portrait of its biggest star; Mr Catra aka Wagner Domingues Costa. Baile Funk is a remarkable form of music developed in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro and for the millions residing in the favelas and periferia of Rio, the controversial Mr Catra is their greatest hero. Backed by a massive sound inferno of peak-volume bass and beats, Mr Catra sings about life in the favelas, about the ongoing wars with other criminal gangs and the military police, about sex and about hope for the future. Baile Funk is...

THE BACKGROUND OF EU-MUSIC DAYS

A non-stop program of different puzzle pieces that later on will develop into the first European Urban Music Days. Reportages, documentaries and videos from Scandinavia Hip Hop Invasion in Paris to Diversidad / Make it Blast in Stockholm and the Diversidad festival in Vienna etc…

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STOCKTOWN episodes 1-9

This cutting edge music documentary explores different lifestyles and independent music scenes from around the world. An entertaining 9 episode series bringing you urban culture from Los Angeles, Sydney, New York, Hawaii, Tokyo, and so on... With a personal, straightforward touch, you will be guided to a world you didn’t know existed; experimental, global and independent.

Stocktown is a mix-show with a wide range of music, animations, art and appearances from over 40 artists featured. Meet among others legendary rapper Kool Keith, Princess Superstar, the Irish photographer B+, multi-artist Futura 2000, house queen Diva KP, Waikikii B-boys, General UHHH! and many others.

Episode 1

Japanese artist Shingo2, the faderboard inventor and specialist, explains the connection between UFOs and hiphop music. Baba freestyles his way around the streets of New York and meets musicians and people on the road seeking for hope. From downtown Sydney, meet Hyjak and Brad Strut, two independent artists telling you the truth about the scene in Australia. Apani B-fly, female rapper from Brooklyn, explains the hiphop rules on stage.

Episode 2

Fearless artist Princess Superstar from New York City, explains the need for females writing erotic lyrics. Deep talks on genre breaking with Divine Styler, artist and producer from Los Angeles. Visual and experimental music from the artist Numb and Kamata b-boys practicing and performing at a Tokyo train station. Also in this episode, the producer Yoghrt from Tokyo who creates music for hypnotic sleep.

Episode 3

The producer Daedelus from Santa Monica, crashing the West Coast’s donut shops with his performances, introduces his secret collection of toy instruments.

Artist Kilowatts the Mongoose guiding you to the true music life in Honolulu

and producer Handxroids from Los Angeles reveals the secrets behind making

hiphop beats. Watch also drum´n bass producer Makoto and rapper Goriki

from studios in Tokyo.

Episode 4

Step into the heart of Brooklyn, deep into the infamous DON 1 reggae studio where you can make your own dub plate. From the suburbs of Tokyo meet the amazing DJ Dolbee and get a closer look at freestyle rappers in Peoples Park in Berkley. Also presenting the fabulous duo Sam & Valley from Tokyo, producing electronic music for children. The artist Angel from Los Angeles explains the struggle on the independent scene.

Episode 5

Get down with Those Intelligent Dance Bitches from San Fransisco, a music

collective with their own label and internet radiostation. Also presenting Crown City Rockers performing live from the Bay Area and the label19-T working the Game Boys for new electronic sounds in Tokyo. Straight from Sydney, the hip hop group Bliss´N´Eso explains growing Australian hiphop scene.

Episode 6

Meet the hiphop legend Kool Keith, from the old school rap group Ultra Magnetic MCs. Hear him rap about old times and new sounds of hiphop. Watch out for Immortal Technique from New York, wanted by the FBI because of his revolutionary words. Also presenting the Waikikii B-boys from Hawaii, spinning heads, legs and more on the sidewalks of Honolulu.

Episode 7

We meet Diva KP, the voice of Baltimore´s only underground music TV show, presenting the best dancers and house legends with the “Housin’ it Underground Show”. DJ Kevvy Kev, the host of the longest running hiphop radioshow in the world. The group Word A Mouth raps about the pain and struggle in New York City. Also in this episode we meet Peanut Butter Wolf of the famous label Stones Throw and crazy, independent blaxploitation film maker Masahi Yamamoto from Tokyo.

Episode 8

The political hiphop activist Upski explains about his book “No More Prisons” and America´s growing prison industry. Get a close look into the world of Futura 2000 and his upcoming projects. Also appearing in this episode: The experimental producer and painter DJ Spooky leads us through the stress in New York City and we meet the young rap star Kashi Da Handsome from Tokyo.

Episode 9

Gamelab in New York shows you how to make music for interactive games. Photographer and filmmaker B+ puts together the worlds most sampled drummers and best DJs to show the relationship between turntablism and drumming. We head into DubLab headquarters in Hollywood and meet the people behind the positive driven internet music outlet. Have you seen the worlds most famous graffiti artist SEEN? Maybe in the Style Wars documentary, but here he is 30 years after his artistic debut on New York City´s subway. Also in this episode we meet beatmaker and singer/songwriter Damon Aaron from Los Angeles.

Duration 9 x 28:30 mins

Documentary series, Sweden 2003

Directed by Andreas Johnsen, Teddy Goitom, Kalle Axelman

Editor Kalle Axelman, Andreas Johnsen

Photography Andreas Johnsen, Kalle Axelman, Teddy Goitom

Produced by Stocktown

Film Festival

STOCKTOWN episodes 1-9

INSIDE OUTSIDE

CURTAIN RAISING

GOOD COPY BAD COPY

MAN OOMAN (Man Woman)

NATASJA

BLACK DEUTSCHLAND

Diversidad

MR CATRA O FIEL (Mr Catra The Faithful)

THE BACKGROUND OF EU-MUSIC DAYS

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