Event overview
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Specially curated film programme for the conference
SSO #7 Screenings Program
Feature Films:
Bass Culture (55 minutes), directed by Teddy Nygh (2020), is a feature documentary that explores the rich contribution and major impact of Jamaican sound system culture on the British music scene; connecting Reggae roots through Jungle, Garage and Grime.
Language: English
Subtitles: No subtitles
Available to watch between 9 and 12 July
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Picó: un Parlente de Africa en America (60 minutes), directed by Invernomuto and Jim C. Nedd (2017) features interviews with key figures of the sound system scenes of Colombia’s Caribbean coast and evocative footage of picos in action, exploring how these port cities brought vinyl from West Africa as a component of Black Atlantic culture, a kind of inverse re-tracing of the slave routes of the middle passage.
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Available to watch between 12 and 16 July
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Yo no soy Guapo (80 minutes), directed by Joyce Garcia (2018) is about Mexico City’s sonideros, who stimulated a vibrant cumbia and salsa scene in the streets of the ancient Aztec capital, attracting passionate fans who grew up listening and dancing to the sound of their huge speaker boxes.
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Available to watch between 12 and 16 July
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Sound System: the Voice of the Ghetto (50 minutes), directed by Fernando Augusto (2019), reveals a broad portrait of the sound system culture in São Paulo, the megalopolis that concentrates the largest number of reggae sound crews in Brazil.
Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Available to watch between 12 and 16 July
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Short Films:
FYA, a Remix Film about Brazilian Dancehall (10 minutes), directed and edited by Guilherme Nasser (2018), also deals with the São Paulo scene, but is more focused on dancehall sound systems.
Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Available to watch between 12 and 16 July
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Dubapest Hi Fi (20 minutes), a documentary directed and edited by Botond Istvandi (2020) about the first reggae sound system in Hungary, established by the selector and operator Jahfar and Captain Midnite, accompanied by MC Haroon Ayyaz.
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Available to watch between 12 and 16 July
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House Sounds (18 minutes), directed by Bruno Ramos (2017) from the collective Coleta Filmes, is a self-produced documentary portrait of House Sounds, established by residents of the communities of Vila das Belezas and Capão Redondo, located in the disenfranchised southside of São Paulo.
Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Available to watch between 12 and 16 July
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2021 | 12:00am - 12:00am | |
| 10 Jul 2021 | 12:00am - 12:00am | |
| 11 Jul 2021 | 12:00am - 12:00am | |
| 12 Jul 2021 | 12:00am - 12:00am | |
| 13 Jul 2021 | 12:00am - 12:00am | |
| 13 Jul 2021 | 1:00am - 12:00am | |
| 15 Jul 2021 | 12:00am - 12:00am |
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