"American Beatboxer" Screening with Directors and Producers

When:
Friday, Oct 24, 2014 5:30p -
7:30p

Where:
Harvard University, Askwith Lecture Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Film, Lectures & Conferences, University

Event website:
http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/lfp/details.php?ID=44927

Documenting one of the most neglected genres of Hip Hop culture, American Beatboxer depicts the first ever American Beatbox Championship, held in July 2010 in Brooklyn, New York. The art of beatboxing is vocal percussion: producing drum sounds and beat patterns using the lips, tongue, mouth, throat, and voice. Contestants of all races and from all over the United States competed in the 2010 Championship, with the film portraying the artistry and dedication of the eight finalists. A post-screening discussion will include director Manauvaskar (Manny) Kublall, producer Rich McKeown and executive producer Chesney Snow. There will also be a beatbox performance. Presented by Learning From Performers, Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and Hiphop Archive and Research Institute.


Free; tickets/RSVPs not required. Admission first-come, first-served, based on venue capacity.


Don't miss the Beatboxing workshop featuring Chesney Snow, award-winning actor, beatboxer, poet, musician and songwriter, on Saturday, October 25 at 2 PM. At Harvard's Hiphop Archive and Research Institute, Hutchins Center, 104 Mt. Auburn St. Space is limited; RSVP to [email protected] for the Beatboxing workshop.


MANAUVASKAR KUBLALL is an award-winning director, community organizer, educator and visual artist born of Indo-Caribbean heritage. He credits his distinct artistic voice to his immigrant experience and a commitment to presenting stories of underrepresented communities so that they are heard, understood, respected and empowered to transform society. Kublall is the Creative Director at Media Sutra. He leads the company’s Creative Services department (graphic design, film, photography and more). He has directed several animations based on children’s stories and films related to social justice issues, and has exhibited his photography nationally and internationally. Kublall directed “This is Our Time: Voices From the Inauguration,” a short documentary about young leaders screened at President Obama’s historic inauguration, and premiered his film “Primetime: Fighting Back Against Foreclosures” at the Museum of Modern Art in 2009.


RICH McKEOWN is founder and president of KoolKidz Television & Publishing LLC, which has garnered over 80 Film Festival selections and awards throughout the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. The company brings fresh, intelligent programming to today’s sophisticated children, with a mission of instilling pride and knowledge of self, particularly for children of color, with high quality programs. KoolKidz Television & Publishing produces work appealing to both children and adults. An accomplished musician and producer, McKeown was the creator of “Kung Fu Lee,” his first work, which was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2005 H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival, and until 2011 he was the sole composer and producer of all the KoolKidz soundtracks. Three years ago he joined Fullee Loaded Productions as a full partner, writer, producer and head of Business Affairs and Marketing, bringing his 15 years of experience working for publishing and entertainment giants Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster, Sony Video, Boosey & Hawkes, Bertelsmann Music Group and HBO.


CHESNEY SNOW is a Drama Desk award-winning actor, beatboxer, poet, musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn. He starred in the Primary Stages’ off-Broadway hit “In Transit,” which received the most nominations of any Off-Broadway musical of the 2010-2011 season. He is co-founder of the World Beatbox Association, producers of the American Beatbox Championships, a national beatboxing battle in New York City and the Shanghai International Beatbox Competition in China. Snow performed and collaborated on music and sound composition with Bryonn Bain’s Hip Hop theater performance “Lyrics From Lockdown,” which has played at Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University, The Ford Foundation and the National Black Theatre. In November 2012 he co-wrote several songs with Polish electro-funk band Laki Lan for their album “Armanda” (EMI Music), and recently recorded with world music star Zap Mama and was a special guest artist for MTV’s “Unplugged Kayah” in 2005. As a stage actor Snow has performed regionally with the Delaware Theatre Company, Southwest Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare Sedona, as well as in numerous off-off Broadway productions. New York stage credits include Lynn Rosen’s “Back From The Front” directed by Giovanna Sardelli, “Golden Boy” directed by Frank Licato, and “Burn This” directed three-time Emmy Award winner Bill Rapaport.

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