Is that Jeezy puttin’ up frank151 stickers?? Big up to Jeezy, the new isht is banging!

Cinefamily.org is a nice site dedicated to films and unique presentation of them. Check out this great upcoming screening if you’re in the LA area:

SPECIAL TUESDAY EVENT: 9/23 @ 8pm
Delicious Vinyl presents: L.A. Old-Skool, 1982-1989
Get ready to “set it off” Strafe-style with some rare footage from the Delicious Vinyl Vaults, giving you a tour of early hip-hop in Los Angeles. You’ll catch ultra-rare footage of Ramellzee and graffiti artist Jean Michel Basquiat at the Rhythm Lounge on Melrose–a rare pocket in the advent of L.A. hip hop culture.  Also, Soul Brother “Legendary” will present highlights from 1982-1989 (from the Freak Beat to the Golden Era), from his upcoming Suns of James Brown documentary, which features footage of Uncle Jam’s Army, Jam City, Ultrawave, and underground dance crews including early moves from members of The Pharcyde.  Next, Delicious Vinyl artists (Tone Loc, Young MC, Def Jef, and Body And Soul) appear in a 1988 Electronic Press Kit made for the label by director Tamra Davis.  Plus music videos, a live dance performance by the Soul Brothers, DJ set by KDAY Grand Mixer M-Walk, and some other very special guests! To top it all off, Peanut Butter Wolf will be in the house to VJ a set of visuals to cap off the night.
Tickets - $12. More info and buy tickets here.

This week in Minneapolis, the new documentary film produced by Coan “Buddy” Nichols and Rick Charnoski will show in an advanced screening. Narrated by Chloe Sevigny, Deathbowl to Downtown  covers the history of Skateboarding in New York City, following the Zoo York artist crew through the Shut era and on to the birth of current trends. The film saw a remarkable advance screening in New York this past spring, which ended with an afterparty (complete with full ramp setup) at the legendary club Tunnel.

Shout out to David Lynch. We want to do an issue with you, boss!

Documentary Filmmaker, Christian Poveda sheds light on a subject, that is filled with dark circumstances, and is surrounded by violence.  His newest documentary, La Vida Loca, focuses on the daily life in a cell of one of the biggest cliques of M-18 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
20 years after a revolutionary war that devastated the nation, a new civil war has begun. This social unrest could have been contained within the U.S., but in 1996, the Illegal Immigrant Reform and the Immigrant Responsibility Act was put into affect, and it allowed the U.S.A. to deport more than 100,000 gang members, originally detained on U.S. soil, back to where they came from.Take a look at the trailer here.

Warner Bros is sueing an Indian studio over a film whose title it believes is too close to that of its hugely successful Harry Potter series.Mumbai based Mirchi Movies is set to release its film Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors on September 12 in the subcontinent. But a lawsuit filed last week by Warner could yet see it pulled from the screen.

Besides the blatent name rip, we don’t really see it. Judging from the trailer, it looks like Macaulay Culkin’s more entitled to a royalty check than Warner Brothers.

Via guardian.co.uk 

Heavy Metal In Baghdad - Directed by Suroosh Alvi

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the
Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in
2003 to the present day.   Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has
always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition, but after
Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in
which real freedom seemed possible.  That hope was quickly dashed as
their country fell into a bloody insurgency.  From 2003-2006, Iraq
disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay
together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal
dreams die.  Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire
generation of young Iraqis.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND
9pm-12am
Located at
COOLIDGE THEATRE 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Welcome cocktail reception w/ music provided by DJ Jayceeoh
Q&A with Special Guest

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD
8pm-12am
Located at
CENTER STAGE
1374 W Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA
Welcome reception w/ music provided by RASTA ROOT
Q&A with Special Guest

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH
9:00pm-12:00am
Located at
ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
1120 South Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX
Welcome cocktail reception w/ music provided by DJ MEL
Q&A with Special Guest

MUST RSVP TO GAIN ENTRY

www.scion.com/route
Early arrival is suggested as space is limited
Must be 21+ to enter

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