Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies. He lives with his parents in a crime-ridden ghetto of the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lyd, close to Tel Aviv. Kareem is devastated when his father is killed in a car crash. The family tragedy brings him closer to his singer girlfriend, Manar, and motivates him join a hip hop group. As Kareem‘s talent develops, so does his political consciousness, and the group‘s lyrics become more defiant. Kareem and his group face a violent confrontation with nationalistic Jewish rappers as well as the violence that exists within their own conservative community.
Winner of the Panorama Audience Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Junction 48
2016
16 years
96 min.
Fiction
Israel, Germany, USA
Colorido
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Metro Communications, X Filme Creative Pool, Blackbird, Dig the Movie
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