![]() They use it to air their frustrations about feeling/ being oppressed by the King and by their religion. For these Moroccan youth, hip-hop is not just music, it is a way of life. Hip-hop music in this movie seems to represent the voice of the underdog. Finally, the last problem is promoting the events and trying to find ways to reach their potential audience. The second hurdle is the problem of raising enough money, finding a sponsor and convincing the American embassy to support the festival. The movie gives us an insight in how the parents of female rapper Fati Show deal with this issue and captures their private and maybe controversial – at least from a Moroccan perspective- thought that they consider their daughter to be boy and girl at the same time. Obviously, Islam plays an important role in this issue. First of all, an important hurdle is gaining support of the family to choose a career in music, which is specifically hard for girls. Step by step, Asen takes us through the hurdles that the organizers must overcome. What makes the movie special is that in a natural, unforced way all aspects of hip-hop culture- music, break dance and graffiti- and all the problems Moroccan youth have to deal with in daily life, come together in a natural flow. It is a story about freedom, freedom of speech, the role of Islam in the daily lives of Moroccan youth, politics and oppression by Mohamed VI, poverty, and the sake of arts, in this case hip-hop culture. The movie is, of course, about much more than just the trials and tribulations that the organisers run into whilst setting up the festival and raising funds. The movie features some of the best and well known Moroccan hip-hop acts like MC Bigg, H-Kayne, Fnaïre, Brown Fingaz, Mot de Passe and DJ Key.įilmed mostly as a hip-hop video with wobbly shots (from the hand-camera), hard cuts between the scenes and of course a lot of hip-hop music in the background, the movie is easily digestible- at least for a hip-hop fan like myself. We learn about how they feel about hip-hop, life, religion, politics and most importantly freedom. Asen, who himself is also an important part of the crew, films the Moroccan hip-hoppers up close and personal. With help of an American researcher, Josh Asen, who is also the filmmaker, they embark on a journey looking for sponsors (Sprite) and support of the American embassy in Morocco to make this dream come true. A group of Moroccan hip-hoppers are determined to perform in their hometowns before their own local audiences. I love hip-hop in Morocco is an interesting and captivating narrative about the coming into being of the first ever hip-hop festival in North Africa. In fluent American-English this Moroccan born and bred B-Boy immediately cuts to the core: this is a story about the empowering force of (Moroccan) hip-hop. ![]() we need concerts, man.» Brown Fingaz, a Moroccan rapper from Marrakesh opens up the movie I love hip-hop in Morocco (2007) with this statement. This is a story about the empowering force of (Moroccan) hip hop. ![]()
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