Film Screening: Hip Hop: By All Means Necessary
Friday, October 13, 2006, 6:00–10:00 pm
Hosted by Mass Appeal
Music by DJ Synapse (Beautiful/Decay, Good Peoples)
Drinks courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery and FIJI Water

New York premier screening of the first documentary film by acclaimed photojournalist Brenda Kenneally.The film is a graphic and gripping journey inside the rap game. Featuring the members of the MMO clique based in Brooklyn, including Big Trigg, Sha, Skinny Minnie, and Foogie, the film travels around the city and across the country to explore how young black youth are hustling hop hop as a way to make something of their lives. But this is by no means a sugar-coated story; the film opens with a young man killed by the police; it takes you on stage with Ol’ Dirty Bastard at one of his final performances; it shows life in the projects as they are lived. Hip Hop: By All Means Necessary includes appearances by Brooklyn’s own MMO clique; Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys), Kurupt (Tha Row), Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu Tang Clan), LA Confidential, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Funkmaser Flex, and Kanye West, among many others.Panel discussion featuring MMO clique members Big Trigg, Foogie, Sha, Skinny Minnie, and others to follow.