LA FABRIK: THE CUBAN HIP-HOP FACTORY Latin Cinema Series

Blasting the screen with red-hot beats, intense musicality and sure-footed confidence director Lisandro Perez-Rey has crafted a slamming documentary about the talented hip-hop artists emerging from Cuba’s rising cultural vibrancy.

Two of Cuba’s leading hip-hop groups, Obsesion and Doble Filo, hove formed the collective La Fabri-K in an effort to showcase their art and to raise political consciousness Live musicianship is central to their art, showcasing a burgeoning hip-hop scene in which traditional percussion, guitar, violin, cello, sax and piano are layered under rhymes. In their documentary, La Fabri-K travels from run-down Cuban apartments to the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem to open for the Roots and Konye West. Creating myth and poetry from music and politics, La Fabri-K hypnotizes the audience with the rhythm’s pull. The film demonstrates that hip-hop is a universal language, and the marginalized and oppressed will always find their voice.

Lisandro Perez-Rey follows the subjects with a seamless flow of kinetic energy — weaving together interviews, performances and day-in-the-life verite footage – creating a vibrant and infectious documentary. With a nod to LIFE AND DEBT, LA FABRI-K / THE CUBAN HIP HOP FACTORY is an evocative and riveting mosaic of Cuba and a group of friends, mentors and musicians.