Preview "United States of Africa: Beyond Hip Hop" (Screenings In Canada, USA, South Africa)

From Shadow and Act Tue Apr 24 2012, 12:22:24

From producer/director Yanick Letourneau comes the feature documentary, United States of Africa: Beyond Hip Hop, co-produced (and distributed) by the National Film Board of Canada (we've shared a lot of work from them here on S&A over the years). It already received a theatrical release in Canada, and will next screen on 4 Canadian broadcasters (Tele-Quebec, SuperChannel, Documentary and Radio-Canada). It will also be broadcast on SABC 1 in South Africa later this year. And for those in the USA, the critically-acclaimed, festival-played film will premiere on May 15th, for a 2 month run, on InDemand (www.indemand.com), the TV VOD/PPV service. The...

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