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 In Saigon Electric, the second feature film by director Stephane Gauger, a young Vietnamese traditional ribbon dancer from the countryside toes to Saigon to study at the big academy but learns more about life, love, friendship, and kicking some ass through break dance and hip-hop battles. May 28, 7:15pm Neptune Theater (Follow by Asian Crossroads Party after the movie) Saigon is a densely populated metropolis of Vietnam, and until 1975 it was the capital under the French colony. Mai, a traditional ribbon dancer, moves to this “Paris in the Orient” from the countryside hoping to enroll to the national dance academy, but she gets cold feet and fails her auditions. Rather than tell her mother the truth, she lies and says that she passed her audition. Not knowing what to do, she rents single room from music professor and gets a job at a fast food joint where her new friend Kim also works. Kim, a rebellious hip hop dancer from the Saigon Fresh, the best dance crew in city. Through Kim, Mai dives into the world of hip hop dancing and starts going to The Youth Center, where the crew is training to realize their dream to compete in South Korea. But first they have to beat the national champions, North Killaz, from Hanoi, the capital of Saigon.
 Every culture deserves their Rock ‘n’ Roll High School or Style Wars, and and Microphone, a film by Ahmad Abdalla, might be that movie for Egypt.
All Tomorrow’s Parties, directed by Jonathan Caouette, All Tomorrow’s People (United Kingdom, 2009) 85 min. Festival screenings: May 26, 2009 9:30 PM @ Egyptian Theatre May 28, 2009 4:30 PM @ Neptune Theatre If you’d like a pair of tickets for tonight’s show, email us now. The first 4 people will win a pair ofRead more…
Favela on Blast, directed by Leandro HBL and Wesley Pentz (a.k.a. Diplo) (Brazil, 2009) 80 min. Festival Screenings: May 24, 2009 5:00 PM, SIFF Cinema May 25, 2009 9:30 PM, SIFF Cinema review by masakaman Years ago, Samba was born as African slave dance music in the favelas, or Brazilian shantytowns. Some called it theRead more…
Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, directed by Peter Esmonde (USA, 2008) 79 min. Festival Screenings: May 22, 7:00pm, SIFF Cinema May 23, 1:30pm, SIFF Cinema If you’d like a pair of tickets for tonight’s show, email us now. The first 3 people will win a pair of tickets, but you must be able to pickRead more… |