---
title: 'Slingshot Hip Hop (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jackie Salloum'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Occupied Palestinian territories'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/slingshot-hip-hop-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157718/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Slingshot Hip Hop (2008)

2008 · 80 min · Documentary · Occupied Palestinian territories, United States


## Synopsis

Slingshot Hip Hop is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum that traces the history and development of hip hop in the Palestinian territories from the time DAM pioneered the art form in the late 1990s. It braids together the stories of young Palestinian artists living in Gaza, the West Bank, and inside Israel as they discover hip hop, and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jackie Salloum](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-salloum)

## Cast

- [DAM](https://cinepixo.com/people/dam)

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Official site: http://slingshothiphop.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/slingshot-hip-hop-2008
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