I Rap Therefore I Am

01/01/1999

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1hr 13min

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Documentary

,Music

STORY

Rap ? Violent words, a social chronicle without complacency at a time of the politically correct and a wishywashy consensus. Twenty years after its first babblings in the popular quarters of New York, rap has imposed its presence beyond the borders. Je rap donc je suis (I Rap Therefore I Am) goes around five different towns where it meets rappers driven by the same motivation. In Paris and its suburbs, Marseille and its districts, Algiers, London or Berlin, rappers move, play, record, teach... And above all, they talk. Outside of any promotional context, the present-day heralds of French hip-hop, from La Rumeur to IAM, speak about the role of rap, the environment in which it was born, boredom, the feeling of belonging to a sacrificed generation, drugs in districts of towns, immigration, parents, political and social actors, the police, school, writing, money, the parallel economy, violence...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Akhenaton
  • Passi
  • Stomy Bugsy
  • Faf Larage
  • Imhotep

    Director

  • Philippe Roizès

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • La Compagnie Panoptique
  • CPB Films
  • La Sept-Arte

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French