I slept yall. I saw this movie almost a month ago and I have been meaning to tell you about it. East of Havana is about Hip Hip in Cuba.
The filmmakers ? who are Cuban-American themselves ? zero in on a collective called El Cartel, composed of the charismatic Mikki (a flirt who raises pigeons), a poetic woman named Magyori (a street huckster who’s as tough as any guy) and the group’s political firebrand, Soandry, who laments the marginalization of politically tinged rap since its heyday in the United States in the early 1990s. (“I live trapped in that time,” he admits.)
Although the film is set in 2004 during the weeklong run-up to the International Festival of Rap Cubano and in the shadow of Hurricane Charley, there’s no phony urgency. The filmmakers are mainly interested in hearing the music and learning about the musicians’ compelling personal stories. (Soandry, for instance, longs to be reunited with his older brother, who fled to the United States a decade earlier.)
And trust. You WILL be a different person after you watch it. I know, my back pack readers, b-girls/boys, and the mtv jawns, might think, here she go with this sh*t again.
Following Magyori and fellow rappers as they prepare for an international hip-hop festival taking place in Havana in 2004, East of Havana sets their individual stories against the bitter, resilient landscape of Cuba’s political history. For the youth in the film, music doesn’t just have a purpose, it is3 Responses to “Go See East Of Havana or You Ain’t Hip Hop.”
Will definitely peep this, MM. Checked out “Resistencia: Hip Hop in Colombia” a while back. Hella interesting.
Aint nobody wanna to see yo wack ass movie son….. Nah the joint sounds hot for real I gotta check it out ASAP.
P.S. – Nik’s sister just got engaged the countdown is offically in full effect.
@ Supa.
Imma peep that Jawn.
@ jase.
Say Word.
The pressure is on fam.
Jase. Jase. Jase. jase.
Let ME throw the bachelor Party.
LOL.
All kinda sin & gin a be going down.
LOL.