JANUARY 12 “THIS WEEK IN THE MUSIC OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE”

Slingshot Hip Hop, a documentary film about Palestinian hip hop artists who use music as a form of resistance against the Israeli occupation, was released this week in 2008. The documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and it features the music of DAM as well as Palestinian Rapperz.

Palestinian Rapperz, a group heavily influenced by DAM, is the first hip-hop group to come out of Gaza. It describes its rap as “a peaceful way to protest against the occupation of their land and oppression of their people.”