Jackie Reem Salloum’s documentary traces the rise of Palestinian hip hop in the late 1990s through intimate portraits of artists such as DAM, Mahmood Shalabi (MWR), Abeer Al Zinati, Arapeyat and Palestinian Rapperz. Shot with observational empathy, the film blends road-like encounters and performance footage to capture anger, resilience and lyrical dissent against occupation, inequality and gender discrimination. Raw, rhythmic and compassionate, it foregrounds music as a vehicle of identity, resistance and communal longing.
Original version with French subtitles
